''The Snob Buster'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Theodore Pendergast, the only son in a wealthy Boston family, goes to

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. A few years later, he returns as a regular guy. With him comes his buddy Butch McGuire, an ex-prize fighter. His family treats Butch with disdain, and insist upon their son undergoing an examination from four mental specialists. They recommend that he go to a private sanitarium. Ted rebels, and goes to live with Butch. He falls in love with the former fighter's sister Molly. To prove his love, he engages in a prize fight his rival, Kid Lowry, in which he is the victor.

Cast

as Ted Pendergast *

as John Pendergast *

as Uncle Tobias * David Kirby as Butch McGuire * Gloria Grey as Molly McGuire *

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as Kid Lowry * Max Asher as Schultz

References

Bibliography

* Darby, William. ''Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films''. Scarecrow Press, 1991.

External links

* * 1925 films 1925 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell Rayart Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub