All of a Sudden Peggy

All of a Sudden Peggy is a lost^[1] 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall.^[2][3] It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1907 Broadway play All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy which starred Henrietta Crosman.^[4] It is Clark's third to last film. Director Edwards died in Hawaii that same year of 1920.

All of a Sudden Peggy
Newspaper advertisement.
Directed by	Walter Edwards
Written by	Edith Kennedy
Based on	All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy by Ernest Denny
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Marguerite Clark Jack Mulhall
Cinematography	William Marshall
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 1, 1920 (1920-02-01)
Running time	5 reels (4,448 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A scene from All-of-a-Sudden Peggy

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[5] Peggy O'Hara (Clark) who with her widowed mother Mrs. O'Hara (Leighton) is staying at the manor of Lord Anthony Crackenthorpe (Humphrey), a scientist engrossed in the study of spiders. Mrs. O'Hara is assisting Lord Anthony. The sister of the peer sends for her son Jimmy (Mulhall) because she thinks Peggy has designs on Lord Anthony. Jimmy falls in love with Peggy, and in order to further her mother's love affair with Lord Anthony, Peggy announces her engagement with Jimmy. She goes to London where her pocket is picked, and has to stay at Jimmy's bachelor quarters while he is away on business. The sudden appearance of Jimmy, his mother and father, and a prying neighbor precipitates matters, with Peggy having spent the night there suggesting a scandal. In the end it is straightened out and Peggy consents to marry Jimmy.

Cast

• Marguerite Clark as Peggy O'Hara
• Jack Mulhall as Honorable Jimmy Keppel
• Lillian Leighton as Mrs. O'Hara
• Maggie Fisher as Lady Crackenthorpe
• Orral Humphrey as Anthony, Lord Crackenthorpe
• Sylvia Jocelyn as Millicent Keppel
• A. Edward Sutherland as Jack Menzies
• Tom Ricketts as Major Archie Phipps
• Virginia Foltz as Mrs. Colquhoun

References

1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy
2. AFI Catalog of Feature Films: All of a Sudden Peggy
3. Progressive Silent Film List: All of a Sudden Peggy at silentera.com
4. All-of-a-Sudden-Peggy on Broadway, Bijou Theatre February 11 1907 to March 1907; IBDb.com
5. "Reviews: All-of-a-Sudden Peggy". Exhibitors Herald. 10 (7). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 79–80. February 14, 1920.

External links

• All of a Sudden Peggy at IMDb
• allmovie/synopsis; All of a Sudden Peggy
• Marguerite Clark and Jack Mulhall filming a scene
• Still of Clark and Mulhall in a scene (University of Washington, Sayre collection)