''Peggy Puts It Over'' is a 1921 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Munden p.597

Plot

Returning from college with a degree in

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Peggy Conrow proposes to redevelop her father's ramshackle estate into a

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for the benefit of the locals, but is opposed by conservative views.

Cast

as Peggy Conrow *

as Dr. David Ransome *

as Silas Tucker * Charles Mackay as Maxfield Conrow *

Helen Lindroth Helen Lindroth (December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956) was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress. Biography Lindroth acted on stage with the Boston Museum Stock Company and in New York City before entering motion pictures with the Ka ...

as Aunt Agatha *Cornelius MacSunday as Constable * Dick Lee as Rusty

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Gustav von Seyffertitz Vitagraph Studios films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American comedy films {{1920s-US-silent-comedy-film-stub