''Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp'' is a lost 1917 American

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Tod Browning Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...

Plot

As described in a

film magazine Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ...

review, Neil Dacey (Carrigan) loves Peggy Desmond (Taliaferro). Terence O'Malley (Sack), nephew of Squire O'Malley (Ryan), is anxious to win Peggy. Terence and his uncle have a quarrel because Terence cannot win Peggy, and the squire is killed. Terence does the killing with Neil's gun, so Neil is held for the murder. Peggy, to save her fiance, dresses as the

will-o'-the-wisp In folklore, a will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp or ''ignis fatuus'' (, plural ''ignes fatui''), is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. The phenomenon is known in English folk belief, ...

, and this results in a confession by Terence.

Cast

* Mabel Taliaferro as Peggy Desmond * Thomas Carrigan as Captain Neil Dacey (as Thomas J. Carrigan) * William J. Gross as Anthony Desmond (as W.J. Gross) * Sam Ryan as Squire O'Malley (as Sam J. Ryan) * Nathaniel Sack as Terence O'Malley (as Nathan Sack) * Thomas O'Malley as Shamus Donnelly (as Thomas F. O'Malley) * Florence Ashbrooke as Sarah *

Clara Blandick Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American character, film, stage and theater actress. She played Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). As a character actress, sh ...

as Mrs. Donnelly * John J. Williams as Muldoon (as J.J. Williams)

References

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* 1917 films 1917 drama films 1917 lost films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Tod Browning Lost American drama films Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub