The Education of Elizabeth

The Education of Elizabeth

50 mins | Comedy | Jan. 16, 1921

Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are shocked--and so is Elizabeth when she decides she'd rather have her beau's nerdish brother. She turns the mouse into a lion so that he'll be a worthy husband.

The Education of Elizabeth

50 mins | Comedy | Jan. 16, 1921

The Education of Elizabeth
Billie Burke, the real-life wife of Flo Ziegfeld, plays Ziegfeld Follies dancer Elizabeth Banks who falls for a wealthy young man. His parents are shocked--and so is Elizabeth when she decides she'd rather have her beau's nerdish brother. She turns the mouse into a lion so that he'll be a worthy husband.
Producers Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Original title The Education of Elizabeth
Directors Edward Dillon
Writers Elmer Harris, Roy Horniman

Cast

Billie Burke

as Elizabeth Banks

Lumsden Hare

as Thomas

Edith Sharpe

as Lucy Fairfax

Donald Cameron

as Harry

Frederick Burton

as Middleton

Fredric March

as Man (uncredited)