Wilful Peggy
Appearance
Wilful Peggy | |
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Frank E. Woods |
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Cinematography | Billy Bitzer |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
Wilful Peggy is a 1910 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Peggy is a feisty peasant girl who catches the eye of a wealthy lord. Enamored with her, he proposes, but she harshly refuses. Her mother pushes her into the marriage against her will. After their marriage, she makes a fool of herself among the socialites at her husband's party. In the height of her embarrassment, her husband's nephew convinces her to run away with him. She innocently agrees, but it soon becomes obvious what the nephew's true intentions were.
Cast
[edit]- Mary Pickford as Peggy
- Clara T. Bracy as Peggy's mother
- Henry B. Walthall as the Lord
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Wilful Peggy at AllMovie
- Wilful Peggy at IMDb
- Wilful Peggy on YouTube
Categories:
- 1910 films
- 1910 comedy films
- 1910 short films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent short films
- Biograph Company films
- Films directed by D. W. Griffith
- Silent American comedy films
- Surviving American silent films
- American comedy short films
- English-language comedy short films
- 1910s short comedy film stubs