Laddie (1926 film)

Laddie
Laddie
	Poster
Directed by	James Leo Meehan; assistant; Charles Kerr
Written by	Jeanette Porter Meehan
Based on	Laddie, A True Blue Story; by Gene Stratton Porter
Produced by	Joseph P. Kennedy
Starring	John Bowers (actor)
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	George Hively
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	September 26, 1926;
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Laddie is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by James Leo Meehan with John Bowers in the title role. It was based on Gene Stratton-Porter's novel, Laddie, A True Blue Story (1913).

Plot

Laddie, son of the Stantons, an Ohio pioneer family, falls in love with Pamela Pryor, daughter of a neighboring aristocratic English family, though the Pryors adopt a condescending attitude toward the Stanton family. Through the efforts of Little Sister, who knows of Laddie's love, the two secretly communicate, and Mr. Pryor takes a liking to Laddie when he tames a wild horse for him. Meanwhile, Shelley, a Stanton girl, falls in love with city lawyer Robert Paget; when he leaves her under mysterious circumstances, she returns home heartbroken. The Pryors, disgraced because of a false accusation against their son in England, are at length forced to accept Laddie. It develops that Paget is actually the banished son of the Pryors; after a strained crisis Pryor forgives his son, and Laddie and Pamela, Robert and Shelley, and the Stantons and the Pryors are happily united.^[2]

Cast

John Bowers as Laddie Stanton
Bess Flowers as Pamela Pryor
Theodore Von Eltz as Robert Paget
Eugenia Gilbert as Shelley Stanton
David Torrence as Paul Stanton
Eulalie Jensen as Mrs. Stanton
Arthur Clayton as Mahlon Pryor
Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Pryor
Aggie Herring as Candace
Gene Stratton Porter as Little Sister
John Fox Jr. as Leon

Production

The title character of Laddie is modeled after Stratton-Porter's deceased older brother, Leander, to whom she gave the nickname of Laddie. Stratton-Porter's brother drowned in the Wabash River on July 6, 1872, when he was a teenager. As in Stratton-Porter's own family, Laddie is connected with the land and identifies with Stratton-Porter's father's vocation of farming. The novel on which the film is based was published in 1913.^[3]^[4]

Technical specifications

Sound Mix - Silent
Color - Black and White
Aspect Ratio - 1.33 : 1
Film Length - 1,944.65 m (7 reels)(UK), 2,112.55 m (7 reels)(USA)
Negative Format - 35 mm
Cinematographic Process - Spherical
Printed Film Format - 35 mm

References

^ "Laddie: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "Laddie (1926) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
^ Judith Reick Long (1990). Gene Stratton-Porter: Novelist and Naturalist. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. pp. 45. ISBN 0871950529.
^ Pamela J. Bennett, ed. (September 1996). "Gene Stratton-Porter" (PDF). The Indiana Historian. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau: 3–4. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

External links

Laddie at IMDb

[1] "Laddie: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[2] "Laddie (1926) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.

[3] Judith Reick Long (1990). Gene Stratton-Porter: Novelist and Naturalist. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. pp. 45. ISBN 0871950529.

[4] Pamela J. Bennett, ed. (September 1996). "Gene Stratton-Porter" (PDF). The Indiana Historian. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau: 3–4. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

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