Peg o' My Heart (1922 film)
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Peg o' My Heart is a silent
drama film
directed by King Vidor
and starring Laurette Taylor
. It is based on the 1912 play written by Taylor's husband J. Hartley Manners. The play starred Laurette Taylor and famously ran a record number of performances on Broadway. Six reels of the original eight reels survive at the Library of Congress
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Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by King Vidor
King Vidor
King Wallis Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades...
and starring Laurette Taylor
Laurette Taylor
Laurette Taylor was an American stage and silent film actress.-Personal life:Laurette Taylor was born in New York City of Irish extraction as Loretta Helen Cooney.-Personal life:...
. It is based on the 1912 play written by Taylor's husband J. Hartley Manners. The play starred Laurette Taylor and famously ran a record number of performances on Broadway. Six reels of the original eight reels survive at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
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Cast
- Laurette TaylorLaurette TaylorLaurette Taylor was an American stage and silent film actress.-Personal life:Laurette Taylor was born in New York City of Irish extraction as Loretta Helen Cooney.-Personal life:...
- Margaret O'Connell - Mahlon HamiltonMahlon HamiltonMahlon Preston Hamilton Jr. was an American stage and screen actor. He was the son of a bartender born in Baltimore, Maryland the eldest of three daughters and a son raised by his parents...
- Sir Gerald Adair - Russell SimpsonRussell Simpson (actor)Russell McCaskill Simpson was an American character actor.Born in San Francisco, California, Simpson is best known for his work in the films of John Ford and, in particular, for his portrayal of Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath in 1940.Simpson reportedly prospected for gold in Alaska in his youth,...
- Jim O'Connell - Ethel Grey TerryEthel Grey TerryEthel Grey Terry was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 52 films between 1914 and 1928...
- Ethel Chichester - Nigel BarrieNigel Barrie-Selected filmography:* Fires of Fate * Husband Hunters * The Shield of Honor * The Ringer * The Forger * Under the Greenwood Tree * Dreyfus * Passenger to London...
- Charistian Brent - Lionel BelmoreLionel BelmoreLionel Belmore . When he was born, Wimbledon was in Surrey. He was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century, appearing with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911...
- Hawks - Vera LewisVera LewisVera Lewis was an American film and stage actress, beginning in the silent film era. She appeared in 183 films between 1915 and 1947....
- Mrs. Chichester - Beth Ivins - Mrs. Jim O'Connell (as Sidna Beth Ivins)
- D.R.O. Hatswell - Alaric Chichester
- Eileen O'Malley - Margaret O'Connell, as a child (as Aileen O'Malley)
- Fred HuntleyFred HuntleyFred Huntley was an American silent film actor and director.Fred Huntley made his theater debut at London's Covent Garden in 1879...
- Butler (as Fred Huntly)