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Percy (1925 film)

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Wikipedia article




'Percy' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Charles Ray, Louise Dresser and Victor McLaglen.Goble p. 906 The film is based upon the novel 'The Desert Fiddler' by William Henry Hamby.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/Percy1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Percy'] at silentera.com

Plot



As described in a film magazine review, Percy Rogeen, a mothers boy, becomes his dads campaign manager and is taught to drink and smoke. In a fight he is thrown into a box car and eventually lands in the desert. He is saved from a gang by Holy Joe. Together they go to a gambling house and save the girls property from a gang plotting to get hold of it through holding back the water.

Cast



Preservation



With no prints of 'Percy' located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8243/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'Percy'] it is a lost film.

References



Bibliography



* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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