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| ~The Country Boy~ 1915 |
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| ~CB35: Marshall Neilan~ |
| ~CB36: Horace B. Carpenter, Florence Dagmar & Marshall Neilan~ |
| ~CB50: Florence Dagmar & Marshall Neilan~ |
| ~CB59: Al Ernest Garcia, Marshall Neilan & Ernest Joy~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Tom Wilson, reared by his widowed mother in a small town, goes to New York after Judge Belknap,
his sweetheart Jane's father, says he will not allow their marriage until Tom can support her in
comfort. In New York, Tom gets a fifteen-dollar-a-week job as a clerk, and becomes infatuated with
Amy Leroy, a chorus girl, whom he believes combines the qualities of Venus and Diana. Amy teases
Tom both to irritate her lover, playboy Jimmy Michaelson, and to amuse herself, but it causes Tom
to lose Jane, as well as his job, which he had neglected. When he learns of Jane's reasons for
pursuing him, Tom nearly commits suicide, but Merkle, a newspaperman who befriended him,
stops Tom and suggests they start a newspaper in Tom's hometown with the money that their
friend, ticket speculator Weinstein, won at roulette. After the newspaper succeeds, Jane forgives
Tom and the judge agrees to their marriage.
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his sweetheart Jane's father, says he will not allow their marriage until Tom can support her in
comfort. In New York, Tom gets a fifteen-dollar-a-week job as a clerk, and becomes infatuated with
Amy Leroy, a chorus girl, whom he believes combines the qualities of Venus and Diana. Amy teases
Tom both to irritate her lover, playboy Jimmy Michaelson, and to amuse herself, but it causes Tom
to lose Jane, as well as his job, which he had neglected. When he learns of Jane's reasons for
pursuing him, Tom nearly commits suicide, but Merkle, a newspaperman who befriended him,
stops Tom and suggests they start a newspaper in Tom's hometown with the money that their
friend, ticket speculator Weinstein, won at roulette. After the newspaper succeeds, Jane forgives
Tom and the judge agrees to their marriage.
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| Directed by: Frederick A. Thomson Based on the play The Country Boy by Edgar Selwyn (New York, 30 Aug 1910). |
| ~Cast~ Marshall Neilan ...Tom Wilson (as Marshal Neilan) Florence Dagmar ...Jane Belknap Dorothy Green ...Amy Leroy Loyola O'Connor ...Mrs. Wilson Mrs. Lewis McCord ...Mrs. Bannon Horace B. Carpenter ...Merkle Edward Lewis ...Weinstein Ernest Joy ...Judge Belknap Tex Driscoll ...Hez Al Ernest Garcia ...Jimmy Michaelson Erich von Stroheim ...Diner in Restaurant (uncredited) |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced by: Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company Released by: Paramount Pictures Presenter: Jesse L. Lasky Length: 4-5 Reels Released: February 18, 1915 |
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