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{{short description|1924 film by Emmett J. Flynn}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
| image          = Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model (1924) - 4.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [[Emmett J. Flynn]]
| producer       = [[Samuel Goldwyn]]
| writer         = [[Carey Wilson (writer)|Carey Wilson]]<br>[[H.H. Van Loan]]
| based_on       = play by [[Owen Davis]]
| starring       = [[Claire Windsor]]
| music          =
| cinematography = [[Lucien Andriot]]<br>[[Paul Ivano]] (2nd unit)
| editing        =
| distributor    = [[Goldwyn Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1924|04|16}}
| runtime        = 70 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
}}
'''''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model''''' is a 1924 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Emmett J. Flynn]] and starring [[Claire Windsor]].<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/nellie-the-beautiful-cloak-model-397321 ''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'' on Broadway, at West End Theatre, 1906]</ref> Produced and distributed by [[Goldwyn Pictures]], the film is based on a [[Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model|play]] by [[Owen Davis]], which premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1906.<ref>[https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=MovieName&searchText=nellie+the+beautiful+cloak+model&sortType=sortByPartialMatch The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: ''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'']</ref>
==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref name="ETR">{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: ''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=25 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=22 March 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n246/mode/1up |accessdate=7 October 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> ill used by her father, Nellie is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton and brought up in poor surroundings. When Thomas dies, she becomes a cloak model. She is continuously persecuted by her mother's nephew Walter Peck, the owner of the shop on [[Fifth Avenue]] where she works. He endeavors to get rid of her so that he can obtain a fortune to which she is the heiress. After many adventures, including her rescue from crushed by an elevated train by Jack Carroll, the man she loves, the young woman finds happiness.
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Claire Windsor]] as Nellie
*[[Edmund Lowe]] as Jack Carroll
*[[Mae Busch]] as Polly Joy
*[[Raymond Griffith]] as Shorty Burchell
*[[Lew Cody]] as Walter Peck
*[[Hobart Bosworth]] as Thomas Lipton / Robert Horton
*[[Lilyan Tashman]] as Nita
*[[Dorothy Cumming]] as Mrs. Horton
*[[Will Walling]] as Blizzard Dugan
*[[Mayme Kelso]] as Miss Drake
*[[William Orlamond]] as Mosely
*[[Arthur Housman]] as Gangster
*David Kirby as Gangster
*Ina Anson as Model
*[[Betsy Ann Hisle]] as Nellie age five
}}
==Preservation status==
A copy is held in Russia by the [[Gosfilmofond]] Russian State Archive.<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1534/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model'']</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb title|0015166|Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model}}
*{{allmovie|103730|Synopsis}}
*[http://www.impawards.com/1924/nellie_the_beautiful_cloak_model.html Lobby poster]
*[https://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/nellie_the_beautiful_cloak_model.htm Stills]
*[https://clairewindsor.weebly.com/nellie-the-beautiful.html Lantern slide, posters, stills, and other material]
*[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/nellie-the-beautiful-cloak-model-us-lobbycard-claire-news-photo/1137308739 Lobby card]
*[https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/mbrs/cdmmi/s1/22/9l/19/97/9/s1229l19979/s1229l19979.pdf Copyright synopsis]
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