Peggy (also known as The Devil's Pepper Pot) is a 1916 American silent comedy film produced and directed by Thomas Ince and stars Billie Burke in her motion picture debut.[1]
Peggy | |
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Directed by | Thomas Ince Charles Giblyn |
Written by | C. Gardner Sullivan |
Starring | Billie Burke |
Music by | Victor Schertzinger |
Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The film follows Peggy Cameron (Burke), a young, high spirited American debutante who is sent to visit her Uncle Andrew (William H. Thompson) and cousin Colin (Charles Ray) in Scotland.
Triangle Film Corporation produced Peggy. Victor L. Schertzinger composed the film's score. In conjunction with the film's release, sheet music of a song, Peggy, was published, the first time a song based on a silent film's incidental music had been written and published.[2] The cover of the sheet music shows Schertzinger as the composer and Ince as the lyricist.
Films directed by Charles Giblyn | |
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