Wilful Peggy

19101910
17m

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Romance Short Comedy

Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complicat... Read allPeggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complications arise when the lord's nephew also becomes attracted to Peggy.Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complications arise when the lord's nephew also becomes attracted to Peggy.

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5.8/10

194

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POPULARITY

496,302

19,835

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Clara T. Bracy and Mary Pickford in Wilful Peggy (1910)

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In later years, Mary Pickford reminisced about the making of Wilful Peggy. She said that, originally, when her character Peggy was ordered by her mother to marry the much-older aristocrat, she was supposed to meekly submit. On the set, Mary remarked that in reality she would give her mother "a good shake" if she ordered her to marry an old man for money. Director D.W. Griffith urged her to follow her instincts, so when the cameras rolled, Mary fought the actress playing her mother, and chased her around a tree. Griffith loved the resulting scene, which went to the finished film.

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Edited into American Experience: Mary Pickford (2005)

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A very funny old silent film

This is really an hilarious movie, whether by the standards of 1910 or the present.Of course it is not intended to be taken seriously.Like the Three Stooges shorts, you are supposed to "check your brain at the door" and just enjoy the madness.What makes this so funny is not the plot but the outrageous nature of Mary Pickford's character as an uncompromising spitfire who will not be tamed by anyone.Like the Three Stooges, it is the characters, not the absurd plot, that makes this so funny. The frantic pacing hardly allows you time to notice the absurdity of it all,and moves along so rapidly it seems shorter than it really is. It is actually set in 18th century Ireland, not colonial America,though of course filmed in New York State.It was based on an old play called"The Country Cousin".

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