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{{short description|1920 silent film by David Smith}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Pegeen
| name = Pegeen
| image = Pegeen (1920) - Love & Spere.jpg
| image = Pegeen (1920) - Love & Spere.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption = Still with Bessie Love and Charles Spere
| caption = Still with Bessie Love and Charles Spere
| director = [[David Smith (director)|David Smith]]
| director = [[David Smith (director)|David Smith]]
| producer =
| producer =
| writer =
| writer =
| screenplay =
| screenplay = William B. Laub<ref name="novelization" />
| story =
| story =
| based on = {{based on|''Pegeen'' (novel)|[[Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd]]}}
| based_on = {{based on|''Pegeen'' (novel)|[[Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd]]}}
| starring = [[Bessie Love]]
| starring = [[Bessie Love]]
| cinematography = Charles R. Seeling<ref>{{cite book |last=Love |first=Bessie |year=1977 |title=From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love |location=London |publisher=Elm Tree Books|oclc=734075937|page=150}}</ref>
| cinematography = [[Charles R. Seeling]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Love |first=Bessie |year=1977 |title=From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love |location=London |publisher=Elm Tree Books|oclc=734075937|page=150}}</ref>
| editing =
| editing =
| studio = Vitagraph<ref name="novelization"/>
| studio = [[Vitagraph Studios]]<ref name="novelization" />
| distributor =
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1920|1|11|U.S.|ref1=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume11112newy/page/312/|magazine=Wid's Daily|date=February 8, 1920|page=20|title=Current Releases}}</ref>}}
| released = January 1920
| runtime = 5 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]]<ref name="lj"/>
| runtime = 5 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]]<ref name="lj" />
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
| budget =
| budget =
| gross =
| gross =
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}}
'''''Pegeen''''' is a 1920 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] based on the 1915 novel of the same name by [[Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd]]<ref name="lj">{{cite journal|journal=Library Journal|page=72|title=Recent Motion Pictures based on Current Literature|date=January 15, 1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vktVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sgW7VM6FMMjeggTRlITQBA&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Pegeen|oclc=9665988|first=Eleanor Hoyt|last=Brainerd|location=New York|publisher=Century Co.|date=1915}}</ref> that was directed by [[David Smith (director)|David Smith]].<ref name="novelization"/> It stars [[Bessie Love]] in the title role. It is not known whether the film currently [[lost film|survives]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/Pegeen1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Pegeen''] at silentera.com</ref>
'''''Pegeen''''' is a 1920 American [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film]] based on the 1915 novel of the same name by [[Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd]].<ref name="lj">{{cite magazine|magazine=Library Journal|page=72|title=Recent Motion Pictures based on Current Literature|date=January 15, 1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vktVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA72 |last1=Cutter|first1=Charles Ammi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Pegeen|url=https://archive.org/details/pegeen01braigoog|oclc=9665988|first=Eleanor Hoyt|last=Brainerd|location=New York|publisher=Century Co.|date=1915}}</ref> It was produced by [[Vitagraph Studios]]<ref name="novelization" /> and directed by [[David Smith (director)|David Smith]].<ref name="novelization" /> It stars [[Bessie Love]] in the title role.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
Recently widowed Danny O'Neil (Stanley) has the belief that his wife will return to him by way of fire, and sets fire to buildings around town in hope that she will return to him. For her safety, his daughter Pegeen (Love) is sent to live with neighbor. When her father is to be arrested, Pegeen's friend Ezra (McGuire) helps hide her father, who dies shortly thereafter.<ref name="novelization">{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturemag19moti|date=February 1920|journal=Motion Picture Magazine|volume=19|issue=1|last=Reid|first=Janet|pages=41–44, 103|title=Pegeen}}</ref><ref name="exhibitorsherald09exhi_0"/>
Recently widowed Danny O'Neil (Stanley) has the belief that his wife will return to him by way of fire, and sets fire to buildings around town in hope that she will return to him. For her safety, his daughter Pegeen (Love) is sent to live with neighbor. When her father is to be arrested, Pegeen's friend Ezra (McGuire) helps hide her father, who dies shortly thereafter.<ref name="novelization">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturemag19moti/page/n45/|date=February 1920|magazine=Motion Picture Magazine|volume=19|issue=1|last=Reid|first=Janet|pages=41–44, 103|title=Pegeen}}</ref><ref name="exhibitorsherald09exhi_0" />


==Cast==
== Cast ==
{{castlist|
*[[Bessie Love]] as Pegeen O'Neill<ref name="novelization"/><ref name="exhibitorsherald09exhi_0"/>
* [[Bessie Love]] as Pegeen O'Neill<ref name="novelization" /><ref name="exhibitorsherald09exhi_0" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/movpicwor431movi/page/n581|page=464|magazine=The Moving Picture World|date=January 17, 1920|title=Pegeen}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/camera1919losa/page/n615|magazine=Camera!|page=8|title=Who's Where|volume=2|issue=36|date=December 13, 1919}}</ref>
*[[Edmund Burns]] as John Archibald
* [[Edmund Burns]] as John Archibald
*Ruth Fuller Gordon as Nora Moran
* Ruth Fuller Gordon as Nora Moran
*Charles Spere as Jimmie
*Juan DeLa Cruz as Meredith
* Charles Spere as Jimmie
* [[Juan de la Cruz (actor)|Juan de la Cruz]] as Meredith
*Major McGuire as Ezra
* Major McGuire as Ezra
*George Stanley as Dan O'Neill
* George Stanley as Dan O'Neill
*[[Anne Schaefer]] as Ellen
* [[Anne Schaefer]] as Ellen
* [[Jay Morley]] as Lem Tollerton
}}


==Reception==
== Reception ==
Reviews for the film were mixed.<ref>Quotes from three reviews: {{cite journal|journal=The Moving Picture World|title=Consensus of Trade Press Reviews|quote=well-handled Vitagraph picture. … Saccharine story on a 'Pollyanna' theme. … ''Pegeen'' is one of the most charming pictures that ever graced the screen.|url=https://archive.org/details/movpicwor442movi|page=1499|date=June 12, 1920|volume=44|number=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Digest of Pictures of the Week|page=68|quote=… qualifies as good every-day entertainment, the sort of entertainment that must be provided for every exhibitor. Bessie Love is the star, and she takes full advantage of a role fashioned after the model with which her name has come to be associated.|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald09exhi_0|date=December 13, 1919|volume=9|issue=25|journal=Exhibitors Herald}}</ref><ref>Quotes from negative reviews:
Reviews for the film were mixed.<ref>Quotes from three reviews: {{cite magazine|magazine=The Moving Picture World|title=Consensus of Trade Press Reviews|quote=well-handled Vitagraph picture. … Saccharine story on a 'Pollyanna' theme. … ''Pegeen'' is one of the most charming pictures that ever graced the screen.|url=https://archive.org/details/movpicwor442movi|page=1499|date=June 12, 1920|volume=44|number=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Digest of Pictures of the Week|page=68|quote=… qualifies as good every-day entertainment, the sort of entertainment that must be provided for every exhibitor. Bessie Love is the star, and she takes full advantage of a role fashioned after the model with which her name has come to be associated.|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald09exhi_0|date=December 13, 1919|volume=9|issue=25|magazine=Exhibitors Herald}}</ref><ref>Quotes from negative reviews:
*{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald10exhi_0|journal=Exhibitors Herald|quote=This picture positively the worst I ever had. Nothing to it. People walked out on it telling me I never ought to pay for such a picture.|first=T.E.|last=Walton|page=75|date=April 3, 1920|title=What the Picture Did for Me}}
* {{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald10exhi_0|magazine=Exhibitors Herald|quote=This picture positively the worst I ever had. Nothing to it. People walked out on it telling me I never ought to pay for such a picture.|first=T.E.|last=Walton|page=75|date=April 3, 1920|title=What the Picture Did for Me}}
*{{cite journal|journal=Exhibitors Herald|date=April 9, 1921|page=75|title=Vitagraph|first=W.H.|last=Brenner|quote=A terrible picture.|volume=12|issue=15|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald12exhi_0}}
* {{cite magazine|magazine=Exhibitors Herald|date=April 9, 1921|page=75|title=Vitagraph|first=W.H.|last=Brenner|quote=A terrible picture.|volume=12|issue=15|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald12exhi_0}}
*{{cite journal|quote=''Pegeen'' has about as much plot as a travelogue.|title=Concerning Invisible Stars|page=96|journal=Picture-Play Magazine|first=Herbert|last=Howe|date=March 1920|volume=12|issue=1}}</ref> Its "worst criticism" is that "it is not a thriller, nor a spectacle. Neither is it a heavy digest of a weighty social or economic problem. It is just a simple story of every day people, told in simple, direct continuity, intelligently and coherently."<ref name="exhibitorsherald09exhi_0">{{cite journal|pages=69–70|title=Reviews|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald09exhi_0|date=December 13, 1919|volume=9|issue=25|journal=Exhibitors Herald}}</ref>
* {{cite magazine|quote=''Pegeen'' has about as much plot as a travelogue.|title=Concerning Invisible Stars|page=96|magazine=Picture-Play Magazine|first=Herbert|last=Howe|date=March 1920|volume=12|issue=1}}</ref> Its "worst criticism" is that "it is not a thriller, nor a spectacle. Neither is it a heavy digest of a weighty social or economic problem. It is just a simple story of every day people, told in simple, direct continuity, intelligently and coherently."<ref name="exhibitorsherald09exhi_0">{{cite magazine|pages=69–70|title=Reviews|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald09exhi_0|date=December 13, 1919|volume=9|issue=25|magazine=Exhibitors Herald}}</ref>


Scenes involving a hanging and a shoot-out were recommended for removal when showing the film to family audiences.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/movingpictureage03unse|journal=Moving Picture Age|page=38|title=New Instructional Films and Where to Get Them|date=March 1920|volume=3|issue=3}}</ref>
Scenes involving a hanging and a shoot-out were recommended for removal when showing the film to family audiences.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/movingpictureage03unse|magazine=Moving Picture Age|page=38|title=New Instructional Films and Where to Get Them|date=March 1920|volume=3|issue=3}}</ref>


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
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* {{IMDb title|0010554}}
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* {{AFI film|18020}}
*''[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=18020 Pegeen]'' at AFI
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309123420/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf00a18 ''Pegeen''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}
*''[http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6bf00a18 Pegeen]'' at BFI
*[http://cplorg.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4014coll16/id/208/rec/40 Lantern slide]
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Pegeen
Still with Bessie Love and Charles Spere
Directed byDavid Smith
Screenplay byWilliam B. Laub[1]
Based onPegeen (novel)
by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
StarringBessie Love
CinematographyCharles R. Seeling[2]
Production
company
Release date
  • January 11, 1920 (1920-01-11) (U.S.)[3]
Running time
5 reels[4]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Pegeen is a 1920 American silent drama film based on the 1915 novel of the same name by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd.[4][5] It was produced by Vitagraph Studios[1] and directed by David Smith.[1] It stars Bessie Love in the title role.

Plot

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Recently widowed Danny O'Neil (Stanley) has the belief that his wife will return to him by way of fire, and sets fire to buildings around town in hope that she will return to him. For her safety, his daughter Pegeen (Love) is sent to live with neighbor. When her father is to be arrested, Pegeen's friend Ezra (McGuire) helps hide her father, who dies shortly thereafter.[1][6]

Cast

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Reception

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Reviews for the film were mixed.[9][10][11] Its "worst criticism" is that "it is not a thriller, nor a spectacle. Neither is it a heavy digest of a weighty social or economic problem. It is just a simple story of every day people, told in simple, direct continuity, intelligently and coherently."[6]

Scenes involving a hanging and a shoot-out were recommended for removal when showing the film to family audiences.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Reid, Janet (February 1920). "Pegeen". Motion Picture Magazine. Vol. 19, no. 1. pp. 41–44, 103.
  2. ^ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 150. OCLC 734075937.
  3. ^ "Current Releases". Wid's Daily. February 8, 1920. p. 20.
  4. ^ a b Cutter, Charles Ammi (January 15, 1920). "Recent Motion Pictures based on Current Literature". Library Journal. p. 72.
  5. ^ Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt (1915). Pegeen. New York: Century Co. OCLC 9665988.
  6. ^ a b c "Reviews". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 9, no. 25. December 13, 1919. pp. 69–70.
  7. ^ "Pegeen". The Moving Picture World. January 17, 1920. p. 464.
  8. ^ "Who's Where". Camera!. Vol. 2, no. 36. December 13, 1919. p. 8.
  9. ^ Quotes from three reviews: "Consensus of Trade Press Reviews". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 44, no. 11. June 12, 1920. p. 1499. well-handled Vitagraph picture. … Saccharine story on a 'Pollyanna' theme. … Pegeen is one of the most charming pictures that ever graced the screen.
  10. ^ "Digest of Pictures of the Week". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 9, no. 25. December 13, 1919. p. 68. … qualifies as good every-day entertainment, the sort of entertainment that must be provided for every exhibitor. Bessie Love is the star, and she takes full advantage of a role fashioned after the model with which her name has come to be associated.
  11. ^ Quotes from negative reviews:
    • Walton, T.E. (April 3, 1920). "What the Picture Did for Me". Exhibitors Herald. p. 75. This picture positively the worst I ever had. Nothing to it. People walked out on it telling me I never ought to pay for such a picture.
    • Brenner, W.H. (April 9, 1921). "Vitagraph". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 12, no. 15. p. 75. A terrible picture.
    • Howe, Herbert (March 1920). "Concerning Invisible Stars". Picture-Play Magazine. Vol. 12, no. 1. p. 96. Pegeen has about as much plot as a travelogue.
  12. ^ "New Instructional Films and Where to Get Them". Moving Picture Age. Vol. 3, no. 3. March 1920. p. 38.
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