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Penrod and Sam

  • 19231923
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
65
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POPULARITY
181,589
5,447
Ben Alexander, Joe Butterworth, Gertrude Messinger, and Cameo the Dog in Penrod and Sam (1923)
ComedyDrama
Penrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club, but Penrod's father pressures him to allow the boy in, because Georgie's parents are wealt... Read allPenrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club, but Penrod's father pressures him to allow the boy in, because Georgie's parents are wealthy and prominent members of the town. Finally the boys agree to let Georgie join, but firs... Read allPenrod and his gang don't want to let neighborhood "goodie-goodie" Georgie Bassett into their club, but Penrod's father pressures him to allow the boy in, because Georgie's parents are wealthy and prominent members of the town. Finally the boys agree to let Georgie join, but first they demand that he undergo an "initiation", and they're determined to make it one that ... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
65
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
181,589
5,447
  • Director
    • William Beaudine
  • Writers
    • Louis D. Lighton
    • Hope Loring
    • Booth Tarkington(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ben Alexander
    • Joe Butterworth
    • Buddy Messinger
Top credits
  • Director
    • William Beaudine
  • Writers
    • Louis D. Lighton
    • Hope Loring
    • Booth Tarkington(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ben Alexander
    • Joe Butterworth
    • Buddy Messinger
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Ben Alexander in Penrod and Sam (1923)
    Penrod and Sam (1923)
    Ben Alexander, Gertrude Messinger, and Cameo the Dog in Penrod and Sam (1923)
    Ben Alexander, Joe Butterworth, Rockliffe Fellowes, Gareth Hughes, Mary Philbin, and Cameo the Dog in Penrod and Sam (1923)

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    Ben Alexander
    Ben Alexander
    • Penrod Schofield
    Joe Butterworth
    Joe Butterworth
    • Sam Williams
    Buddy Messinger
    Buddy Messinger
    • Rodney Bitts
    Newton Hall
    • Georgie Bassett
    Gertrude Messinger
    Gertrude Messinger
    • Marjorie Jones
    Joe McCray
    • Verman
    Eugene Jackson
    • Herman
    • (as Gene Jackson)
    Rockliffe Fellowes
    Rockliffe Fellowes
    • Mr. Schofield
    Gladys Brockwell
    Gladys Brockwell
    • Mrs. Schofield
    Mary Philbin
    Mary Philbin
    • Margaret Schofield
    Gareth Hughes
    Gareth Hughes
    • Robert Williams
    William V. Mong
    William V. Mong
    • Deacon Bitts
    Martha Mattox
    Martha Mattox
    • Miss Spence - Schoolteacher
    Victor Potel
    Victor Potel
    • Town Drunkard
    • (as Vic Potel)
    Robert Gordon
    • Maurice Levy
    • (as Bobby Gordon)
    Cameo the Dog
    • Duke - Penrod's Dog
    • Director
      • William Beaudine
    • Writers
      • Louis D. Lighton
      • Hope Loring
      • Booth Tarkington(novel)
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    • Trivia
      A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.
    • Connections
      Followed by Penrod and Sam (1931)

    User reviews4

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    2/10
    Unfortunate
    As a child, I found two of Booth Tarkington's books, "Penrod" and its sequel "Penrod and Sam", to be the funniest I had read. Those two eleven year old boys and their dog, around 1900 AD, were getting into the most hilarious of mischievous scrapes. UNFORTUNATELY, the writers for this film focused primarily on those episodes where Penrod and Sam were getting their revenge on Georgie Bassett, a "goodie-goodie", so it treats the bullying of Georgie as funny and as a positive. "Bullying" is in the spotlight today with a special focus on how destructive it can be - even leading to suicide by the victims - those episodes, which composed the bulk of the film,did not seem very funny. I found it most disappointing. To be fair, the child actors were great and the director got the right flavor for the non-bullying incidents so had the movie been primarily on those types of scrapes, I would have rated this movie at the top of the scale rather than at the bottom.
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    • Release date
      • December 29, 1924 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Penrod og Sam
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • J.K. McDonald Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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