Percy (1925 film) explained

Percy
Director:Roy William Neill
Producer:Thomas H. Ince
Starring:Charles Ray
Louise Dresser
Victor McLaglen
Cinematography:James Diamond
Studio:Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Distributor:Pathé Exchange
Runtime:60 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (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

As described in a film magazine review, 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.

Preservation

With no prints of Percy located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

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Notes and References

  1. Goble p. 906
  2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/Percy1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Percy
  3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8243/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Percy