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Pegeen (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Pegeen

| image = Pegeen (1920) - Love & Spere.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Still with Bessie Love and Charles Spere

| director = David Smith

| producer =

| writer =

| screenplay = William B. Laub

| story =

| based_on =

| starring = Bessie Love

| cinematography = Charles R. Seeling

| editing =

| studio = Vitagraph Studios

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime = 5 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'Pegeen' is a 1920 American silent drama film based on the 1915 novel of the same name by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. It was produced by Vitagraph Studios and directed by David Smith. It stars Bessie Love in the title role. The film is presumed lost.

Plot



Recently widowed Danny O'Neil (Stanley) has the belief that his wife will return to him by way of fire, and sets fire to buildings around town in hope that she will return to him. For her safety, his daughter Pegeen (Love) is sent to live with neighbor. When her father is to be arrested, Pegeen's friend Ezra (McGuire) helps hide her father, who dies shortly thereafter.

Cast



Reception



Reviews for the film were mixed.Quotes from three reviews: Quotes from negative reviews:

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Its "worst criticism" is that "it is not a thriller, nor a spectacle. Neither is it a heavy digest of a weighty social or economic problem. It is just a simple story of every day people, told in simple, direct continuity, intelligently and coherently."

Scenes involving a hanging and a shoot-out were recommended for removal when showing the film to family audiences.

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