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Boys Will Be Boys (1921)

Comedy-drama | 1921

Cast:

Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Charles E. Mason [ More ]

Director:

Clarence G. Badger

Writer:

Edfrid A. Bingham

Cinematographer:

Marcel Le Picard

Production Company:

Goldwyn Pictures
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CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Goldwyn Pictures
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Clarence G. Badger
Dir
WRITER
Edfrid A. Bingham
Scen
PHOTOGRAPHY
Marcel Le Picard
Dir of photog
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the play "Boys Will Be Boys," in Saturday Evening Post by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Charles O'Brien Kennedy (190:5--7, 34--46, 20 Oct 1917) Boys Will Be Boys: a Comedy of the Soul of Man Under Prosperity, in Three Acts .
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Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Goldwyn Pictures
27 January 1921
LP16077
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
4,300
Length(in reels):
5
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Peep O'Day, an orphan in a small Kentucky town, falls heir to a small fortune and begins to make up for all the lost pleasure of childhood, but Sublette, a crooked attorney, arranges for an eastern belle to show up as Peep's "niece" to steal his fortune. Peep's efforts to aid schoolteacher Lucy Allen are misconstrued, and Sublette tries to have him declared mentally incompetent, but Judge Priest is not convinced and rules in Peep's favor. Lucy wins the man she loves, and Peep plays Santa Claus to the children of the ...

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Peep O'Day, an orphan in a small Kentucky town, falls heir to a small fortune and begins to make up for all the lost pleasure of childhood, but Sublette, a crooked attorney, arranges for an eastern belle to show up as Peep's "niece" to steal his fortune. Peep's efforts to aid schoolteacher Lucy Allen are misconstrued, and Sublette tries to have him declared mentally incompetent, but Judge Priest is not convinced and rules in Peep's favor. Lucy wins the man she loves, and Peep plays Santa Claus to the children of the orphanage.

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