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Peggy
Lobby card poster
Directed by Thomas Ince
Charles Giblyn
Written by C. Gardner Sullivan
Starring Billie Burke
Music by Victor Schertzinger
Distributed by Triangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 16, 1916 (1916-01-16)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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]

Plot

The film follows Peggy Cameron, a young, high spirited American debutante who is sent to visit her Uncle Andrew and cousin Colin in Scotland.

Cast

Production

Sheet music of Peggy

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.

A Wright Model B airplane was used as a wind machine. The airplane was tethered to the ground while its engine and propellers were run.

References

  1. ^ Peggy at silentera.com
  2. ^ "Long Awaited 'Peggy' Ready". Motography. XV (1): 1–2. January 1, 1916. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

External links

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peggy
Lobby card poster
Directed by Thomas Ince
Charles Giblyn
Written by C. Gardner Sullivan
Starring Billie Burke
Music by Victor Schertzinger
Distributed by Triangle Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 16, 1916 (1916-01-16)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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]

Plot

The film follows Peggy Cameron, a young, high spirited American debutante who is sent to visit her Uncle Andrew and cousin Colin in Scotland.

Cast

Production

Sheet music of Peggy

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.

A Wright Model B airplane was used as a wind machine. The airplane was tethered to the ground while its engine and propellers were run.

References

  1. ^ Peggy at silentera.com
  2. ^ "Long Awaited 'Peggy' Ready". Motography. XV (1): 1–2. January 1, 1916. Retrieved November 29, 2021.

External links


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