A Small Town Idol
| A Small Town Idol | |
|---|---|
_-_Ad_2.jpg) Ad for the film with Phyllis Haver, Dot Farley, and Ben Turpin | |
| Directed by | Mack Sennett Erle C. Kenton |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Cinematography | Ernie Crocket Perry Evans J. R. Lockwood |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Distributed by | Associated First National Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (re-release) |
Release date | February 13, 1921 |
Running time | 70 minutes; 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Small Town Idol is a 1921 American silent film feature comedy produced by Mack Sennett and released through Associated First National. The film stars Ben Turpin and was made and acted by many of the same Sennett personnel from his previous year's Down on the Farm. Sennett and Erle C. Kenton directed.[1][2] This was Ramon Novarro's seventh film, where he was billed as Ramon Samaniegos.
Copies of the film exist in archives such as Gosfilmofond.
Plot
Sam (Turpin) leaves town after being falsely accused of a crime and becomes a film star in Hollywood working with actress Marcelle Mansfield (Prevost). He returns to his home town hailed as a hero where one of his films is shown in the theater. His rival Jones (Finlayson), who wants Sam's girlfriend Mary (Haver), frames Sam for the shooting of Mary's father. Just as the townspeople are about to lynch Sam, Mary arrives to prove Sam's innocence and the two are reconciled.
Cast
- Ben Turpin - Sam Smith
- James Finlayson - J. Wellington Jones
- Phyllis Haver - Mary Brown
- Bert Roach - Martin Brown
- Al Cooke - Joe Barnum
- Charles Murray - Sheriff Sparks (*as Charlie Murray)
- Marie Prevost - Marcelle Mansfield
- Dot Farley - Mrs. Smith
- Eddie Gribbon - Bandit Chief
- Kalla Pasha - Bandie Chief's Rival
- Billy Bevan - Director
- George O'Hara - Cameraman
- John J. Richardson -
- Louise Fazenda -
- Lige Conley - (*as Lige Crommie)
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uncredited performers
- Heinie Conklin - Jester in movie
- Ramon Novarro - Dancer (*as Ramon Samaniegos)
- Jane Allen - Bit
- Andy Clyde - Bit
- Harry Gribbon - Bit
- Floy Guinn - Bit
- Mack L. Hamilton - Bit
- Harriet Hammond - Bit
- Mildred June - Bit
- Fanny Kelly - Bit
- Marvin Loback - Bit
- Don Marion - Bit
- Kewpie Morgan - Bit
- Derelys Perdue - Dancer
- Gladys Whitfield - Bit
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ A Small Town Idol at silentera.com
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