Peg o My Heart (1922 film)
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Director King Vidor Cinematography George Barnes | 7/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent (English intertitles) Writer J. Hartley Manners , Mary OHara Release date December 18, 1922 (1922-12-18) Genres Silent film, Drama, Indie film, Black-and-white Cast Laurette Taylor , Russell Simpson , Mahlon Hamilton , Ethel Grey Terry Similar movies Related King Vidor movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A teenager is offered a fortune if she will leave her father and live with an upper-crust British family.
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Peg o My Heart is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Laurette Taylor. It is based on the 1912 play written by Taylors 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.
PEG O MY HEART (Metro Studios, 1922), directed by King Vidor, under the supervision of J. Hartley Manners, introduces the legendary theatrical actress Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) to the screen reprising the role she made famous as a poor Irish farm girl who inherits a fortune but would rather have happiness instead. While a bit too old for the character supposedly in her late teens or early twenties, Laurette was tailor made for it.
Proposed Paramount film
In 1919 Paramount Pictures filmed a version of the play and it starred newcomer Wanda Hawley. However because of legal rights with Laurette Taylor and her husband J. Hartley Manners, the film was never released.
Plot
As described in a film publication, Margaret "Peg" OConnell (Taylor), according to her uncles will, is to be educated in England under the supervision of her aunt, Mrs. Chichester (Lewis). Upon her arrival from Ireland, she is looked down upon by the Chichester household for her lack of culture, and she vows never to become a lady. She meets Jerry, a young man from a neighboring estate, who becomes her friend. Then she discovers that he is Sir Gerald Adair (Hamilton) and rebels at the deception he has been conducting. She also finds out that the only reason her aunt is keeping her is because of compensation from the will. Peg leaves to return home, but finds that she is in love with Gerald. Gerald follows her and proposes.
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