Pettigrew's Girl (1919)
Drama | 23 March 1919
Cast:
Ethel Clayton, Monte Blue, James Mason [ More ]Director:
George H. MelfordWriter:
Will M. RitcheyProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.The 6 December 1918 Wid's Daily reported that Ethel Clayton had begun work at the Lasky studio in Hollywood, CA, on Private Pettigrew's Girl, based on a Saturday Evening Post story.
Scenes from the film were shot in the Majestic theater in Los Angeles, at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, CA and at Camp Kearny in San Diego, CA.
This film opened in New York on 13 April 1919.
Burnet's story was remade twice under the title The Shopworn Angel: by Paramount in 1928, with Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper starring and Richard Wallace directing and by M-G-M in 1938, with Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart starring and H. C. Potter directing (see entries below). ...
The 6 December 1918 Wid's Daily reported that Ethel Clayton had begun work at the Lasky studio in Hollywood, CA, on Private Pettigrew's Girl, based on a Saturday Evening Post story.
Scenes from the film were shot in the Majestic theater in Los Angeles, at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, CA and at Camp Kearny in San Diego, CA.
This film opened in New York on 13 April 1919.
Burnet's story was remade twice under the title The Shopworn Angel: by Paramount in 1928, with Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper starring and Richard Wallace directing and by M-G-M in 1938, with Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart starring and H. C. Potter directing (see entries below).
Orphaned private William Pettigrew is stationed at a World War I embarkation camp near New York. His loneliness increases when the other soldiers receive mail, and he realizes that he has no one to write him. On a visit to the city he purchases a photograph of chorus girl Daisy Heath, then visits the theater where she performs and meets her at the stagedoor. Daisy recognizes William's sincerity and breaks a date with millionaire Hugh Varick. Daisy performs at William's camp, and he gets permission to spend time alone with her before he sails. Daisy rejects Varick, who also enlists, but whose money was his main appeal. When William returns after the war, Daisy is waiting for ...
Orphaned private William Pettigrew is stationed at a World War I embarkation camp near New York. His loneliness increases when the other soldiers receive mail, and he realizes that he has no one to write him. On a visit to the city he purchases a photograph of chorus girl Daisy Heath, then visits the theater where she performs and meets her at the stagedoor. Daisy recognizes William's sincerity and breaks a date with millionaire Hugh Varick. Daisy performs at William's camp, and he gets permission to spend time alone with her before he sails. Daisy rejects Varick, who also enlists, but whose money was his main appeal. When William returns after the war, Daisy is waiting for him.
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