''Runaway Romany'' is a 1917 American silent

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directed by George W. Lederer and starring

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, and Matt Moore. Written by Davies herself, the film was given a three-month publicity campaign before its release. However critics felt that the film's dramatic storyline didn't showcase Davies as well as her

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comedy roles.Ward p.35

Plot

Cast

as Romany *

as Theodore True * Matt Moore as Bud Haskell * W.W. Bitner as Zelaya, Chief of the Gypsies * Boyce Combe as Hobart *

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as Zinga *

Ormi Hawley Ormetta Grace Hawley (February 21, 1889, Holyoke, Massachusetts—June 3, 1942, Rome, New York) was an American actress. Hawley attended the New England Conservatory of Music. She began her acting career in live theatre with a stock theater com ...

as Anitra St. Clair *

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as 'Inky' Ames

References

Bibliography

* Richard Lewis Ward. ''When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange''. SIU Press, 2016.

External links

* 1917 films 1917 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by George W. Lederer American silent feature films 1910s English-language films Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films 1910s American films English-language drama films {{1910s-drama-film-stub