The Palm Beach Girl is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film starring Bebe Daniels and directed by Erle C.

[1][2] Set in Palm Beach, Florida, it is based upon the short-lived Broadway play, Please Help Emily, written by H. M.

[3] As described in a film magazine,[4] Emily Bennett, a small town girl, comes to Florida to visit her wealthy aunts Jerry and Beatrice.

Mistaken for a young black woman, she is forced to ride in the racially segregated Jim Crow passenger car.

The young woman discovers some bootleggers transferring a cargo into Jack’s speed boat with plans to steal it.