Sally of the Sawdust (1925)

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Writers:

Dorothy Donnelly (play)
Forrest Halsey (writer)

Release Date:

2 August 1925 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof...

Plot Keywords:

Circus | Based On Play

Cast

Carol Dempster	...	Sally
W.C. Fields	...	Professor Eustance McGargle
Alfred Lunt	...	Peyton Lennox
Erville Alderson	...	Judge Henry L. Foster
Effie Shannon	...	Mrs. Foster
Charles Hammond	...	Lennox, Sr.
Roy Applegate	...	Detective
Florence Fair	...	Miss Vinton
Marie Shotwell	...	Society Lady
Glenn Anders	...	Leon, the Acrobat

Also Known As:

Poppy (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

104 min | USA:113 min (DVD version) | Canada:113 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

D.W. Griffith had good reason not to use the name or title "Poppy" for this movie -a movie titled "Poppy" with a character by that name had come out in 1917.

Movie Connections:

Followed by You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Beautiful print, boring movie

I really wanted to like this movie since I am going through W.C. Fields' films. I just became really bored especially towards the end. It seemed like the courtroom scene was so repetitive, and long, and dull. I remember Buster Keaton talking about how he hated this kind of movie, in which one line of dialogue ("This is your granddaughter") would end the movie. It just doesn't ring true. I also am not a big Carol Dempster fan, I think she is good in light comedy, but not in drama. I did enjoy seeing some of Fields' routines, but they were few and far between. However, the print was amazing looking, and music worked well with the movie. 5 out of 10, in my opinion.