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Percy is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Charles Ray, Louise Dresser and Victor McLaglen.[1] The film is based upon the novel The Desert Fiddler by William Henry Hamby.[2]
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | J.G. Hawks Eve Unsell |
| Based on | The Desert Fiddler by William Henry Hamby |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | Charles Ray Louise Dresser Victor McLaglen |
| Cinematography | James Diamond |
Production company | Thomas H. Ince Corporation |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Percy Rogeen, a mother’s boy, becomes his dad’s campaign manager and is taught to drink and smoke. In a fight he is thrown into a box car and eventually lands in the desert. He is saved from a gang by Holy Joe. Together they go to a gambling house and save the girl’s property from a gang plotting to get hold of it through holding back the water.
Cast
- Charles Ray as Percival Rogeen
- Louise Dresser as Mrs. Rogers
- Joseph Kilgour as Jasper Rogeen
- Clyde McAtee as James
- Dave Winter as Breezy Barnes
- Charles Murray as Holy Joe
- Victor McLaglen as Reedy Jenkins
- Betty Blythe as Lolita
- Barbara Bedford as Imogene Chandler
- Don Marion as Percival Rogeen, as a boy
- Ethelbert Knott (credited as Adelbert Knott)
- Jack Cosgrave as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Chew Ho as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Richard Neill as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Pat Wing as Little Girl (uncredited)
- Toby Wing as Little Girl (uncredited)
Preservation
With no prints of Percy located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
- Goble p. 906
- Progressive Silent Film List: Percy at silentera.com
- "New Pictures: Percy", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (12): 47, March 14, 1925, retrieved December 14, 2021
- Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Percy
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- Percy at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lantern slide and still at silenthollywood.com
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