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Percy (1925 film)

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Percy
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Directed byRoy William Neill
Written byJ.G. Hawks
Eve Unsell
Based onThe Desert Fiddler
by William Henry Hamby
Produced byThomas H. Ince
StarringCharles Ray
Louise Dresser
Victor McLaglen
CinematographyJames Diamond
Production
company
Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • March 24, 1925 (1925-03-24)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Percy is a lost 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]

Plot

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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

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Preservation

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With no prints of Percy located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ Goble p. 906
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Percy at silentera.com
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Percy", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (12): 47, March 14, 1925, retrieved December 14, 2021
  4. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Percy

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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