The Definitive Guide Inspired by the Vision of My Best Girl: Cult Guide

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The My Best Girl Phenomenon

Historically, My Best Girl represents to explore the darker corners of the human condition with cult status.

Dick Vanderfelt, scion of a wealthy family, is a student at Stamford University. Deeply in love with Dora, daughter of a chemist, he advances large sums of money to her father in order that he can carry out experiments on a new and highly destructive explosive powder. Dora does not know that Dick is befriending her father; her affection for Dick is inspired by real love. Paul Denton, a student in chemistry, a fellow student at Stamford, a conscienceless chap and woeful flirt, has had a disastrous love affair with Ann Bludge and cast her off. Ann's brother, learning of his sister's plight, vows to kill Denton. Dora's father, when his experiments prove valuable, arranges to show it to the government, and through Dick sends a specimen to Denton to be proved. Denton, discovering the value of the new explosive, plots to marry Dora himself and gain control of the explosive. When Dora's father receives word that the government had accepted his discovery he is overcome and dies. Dora is now sole possessor of the secrets. Ann Bludge, learning of her brother's threat, goes to the college dormitory to warn Denton. Denton, when someone approaches, places Ann in Dick's room, where she is discovered by an official. Dick is expelled from school and disinherited by his father. To escape the disgrace, he arranges with Brown, a no-account, to exchange names for two weeks. Brown is a deserter from the army and Dick, assuming the name, is arrested and sent back to the barracks at Angel's Island. At the barracks he sees Dora and Denton in each other's company. Sending for Ann Bludge, Dick finds Dora and learns that Denton, and not Dick, was the cause of Ann's downfall. Ann's brother later catches Denton trying to steal the explosive from the barrack safe. A terrific fight ensues, with the resultant arrest and conviction of Denton, the exoneration of Dick and the happy consummation of the dream of Dick and Dora's life.

The Definitive Guide Inspired by the Vision of My Best Girl

Based on the unique cult status of My Best Girl, our vault has identified these titles as the most compelling follow-up experiences for fans of cult cinema:

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1. A Trip to the Wonderland of America 1909

Dir: Unknown Director

This fascinating region was set apart as a Government Reservation, to be known as Yellowstone Park, in 1S72. The park proper is about 62 miles long, from north to south, and 54 miles wide. While the tourist may reach the park entrance by rail, it has been decreed by Uncle Sam that beyond the Great Lava Arch Gateway the iron horse shall not trespass. So here leaving the pathway of steel we take our place on one of the six-horse coaches that run from Gardiner up to Mammoth Hot Springs. Coaching, Troops, Morris Basin, Great Fountain, Pack mules, Riverside Geyser, Old Faithful, Deer and Bear, Upper Falls, Canyon, Field Glasses. Standing on a balcony at Artist's Point we take up the field glass to have a tele-photo panorama of these weird walls with their clinging pine trees. We look down the Great Gorge. On either side walls of exquisite color rise with here and there pinnacle-like great church spires. Above our heads fly eagles who build their nests and raise their young on the top of these lofty peaks. The scene is a powerful one and beyond words, but the Great Falls add force and quality of action which tempers and dignities the whole scene. This enormous volume of water that looks like a curtain of lace, tumbles over a cliff of volcanic rock 310 feet. Here the traveler finds himself spellbound, held by the pure beauty of the scene. In turning away he pauses to marvel at the wonders of nature and the beauties of our great national playground.

Film Title	Atmosphere	Complexity	Similarity
A Trip to the Wonderland of America	Tense	Abstract	97% Match
The Squatter and the Clown	Ethereal	Abstract	97% Match
Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest, Held at Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910	Gritty	Dense	90% Match
Life of Christ	Surreal	High	92% Match
The Joe Gans-Battling Nelson Fight	Ethereal	Linear	97% Match

The My Best Girl Phenomenon

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