''All of a Sudden Peggy'' is a
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1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by
Walter Edwards and starring
Marguerite Clark
Helen Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American theatre, stage and silent film actress. As a movie actress, at one time, Clark was second only to Mary Pickford in popularity. All but five of her films are co ...
and
Jack Mulhall
John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years.
Early years
Mu ...
. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
. It is based on a 1907 Broadway play ''All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy'' which starred
Henrietta Crosman
Henrietta Foster Crosman (September 2, 1861 – October 31, 1944) was an American stage and film actress.
Early years
Crosman was born in Wheeling, Virginia, to George Crosman Jr. a Civil War Major, and Mary B. Wick, a niece of composer Step ...
. It is Clark's third to last film. Director Edwards died in Hawaii that same year of 1920.
Plot
As described in a
film magazine
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,
Peggy O'Hara (Clark) who with her widowed mother Mrs. O'Hara (Leighton) is staying at the manor of Lord Anthony Crackenthorpe (Humphrey), a scientist engrossed in the study of spiders. Mrs. O'Hara is assisting Lord Anthony. The sister of the peer sends for her son Jimmy (Mulhall) because she thinks Peggy has designs on Lord Anthony. Jimmy falls in love with Peggy, and in order to further her mother's love affair with Lord Anthony, Peggy announces her engagement with Jimmy. She goes to London where her pocket is picked, and has to stay at Jimmy's bachelor quarters while he is away on business. The sudden appearance of Jimmy, his mother and father, and a prying neighbor precipitates matters, with Peggy having spent the night there suggesting a scandal. In the end it is straightened out and Peggy consents to marry Jimmy.
Cast
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Marguerite Clark
Helen Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American theatre, stage and silent film actress. As a movie actress, at one time, Clark was second only to Mary Pickford in popularity. All but five of her films are co ...
as Peggy O'Hara
*
Jack Mulhall
John Joseph Francis Mulhall (October 7, 1887 – June 1, 1979) was an American film actor beginning in the silent film era who successfully transitioned to sound films, appearing in over 430 films in a career spanning 50 years.
Early years
Mu ...
as Honorable Jimmy Keppel
*
Lillian Leighton
Lillianne Brown Leighton (May 17, 1874 – March 19, 1956), known professionally as Lillian Leighton, was an American silent film actress. Leighton started her career in Chicago.
Leighton was born in Auroraville, Wisconsin, on May 17, 187 ...
as Mrs. O'Hara
*Maggie Fisher as Lady Crackenthorpe
*
Orral Humphrey
Thomas Orral Humphrey (April 3, 1880 - August 12, 1929) was an American silent film actor and director.
Humphrey was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He starred in 46 films between 1914 and 1929 and is credited for directing four films. His youn ...
as Anthony, Lord Crackenthorpe
*Sylvia Jocelyn as Millicent Keppel
*
A. Edward Sutherland as Jack Menzies
*
Tom Ricketts
Thomas B. Ricketts (15 January 1853 – 19 January 1939) was an English-born American stage and film actor and director who was a pioneer in the film industry. He portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the first American film adaptation of ''A Christm ...
as Major Archie Phipps
*Virginia Foltz as Mrs. Colquhoun
References
External links
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allmovie/synopsis; ''All of a Sudden Peggy''Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall filming a sceneStill of Clark and Mulhall in a scene(University of Washington, Sayre collection)
1920 films
American silent feature films
American films based on plays
Paramount Pictures films
Lost American romantic comedy films
1920 romantic comedy films
Films directed by Walter Edwards
American black-and-white films
1920 lost films
English-language romantic comedy films
1920s American films
Silent American romantic comedy films
1920s English-language films
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