Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp

Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
Directed by	Tod Browning
Produced by	B. A. Rolfe
Written by	Katharine Kavanaugh
Starring	Mabel Taliaferro Thomas Carrigan
Cinematography	John M. Bauman
Edited by	Ben Weiss
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	July 2, 1917 (1917-07-02)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp is a lost^[1] 1917 American drama film directed by Tod Browning.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Neil Dacey (Carrigan) loves Peggy Desmond (Taliaferro). Terence O'Malley (Sack), nephew of Squire O'Malley (Ryan), is anxious to win Peggy. Terence and his uncle have a quarrel because Terence cannot win Peggy, and the squire is killed. Terence does the killing with Neil's gun, so Neil is held for the murder. Peggy, to save her fiance, dresses as the will-o'-the-wisp, and this results in a confession by Terence.

Cast

Mabel Taliaferro - Peggy Desmond
Thomas Carrigan - Captain Neil Dacey (as Thomas J. Carrigan)
William J. Gross - Anthony Desmond (as W.J. Gross)
Sam Ryan - Squire O'Malley (as Sam J. Ryan)
Nathaniel Sack - Terence O'Malley (as Nathan Sack)
Thomas O'Malley - Shamus Donnelly (as Thomas F. O'Malley)
Florence Ashbrooke - Sarah
Clara Blandick - Mrs. Donnelly
John J. Williams - Muldoon (as J.J. Williams)

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
↑ "Reviews: Mabel Taliaferro in Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 5 (5): 26–27. 28 July 1917. Retrieved 2014-11-11.

External links

Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp on IMDb

Films directed by Tod Browning

The Lucky Transfer (1915)
The Slave Girl (1915)
An Image of the Past (1915)
The Highbinders (1915)
The Story of a Story (1915)
The Spell of the Poppy (1915)
The Electric Alarm (1915)
The Living Death (1915)
The Burned Hand (1915)
The Woman from Warren's (1915)
Little Marie (1915)
The Fatal Glass of Beer (1916)
Everybody's Doing It (1916)
Puppets (1916)
Jim Bludso (1917)
A Love Sublime (1917)
Hands Up! (1917)
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (1917)
The Jury of Fate (1917)
The Legion of Death (1918)
The Eyes of Mystery (1918)
Revenge (1918)
Which Woman? (1918)
The Deciding Kiss (1918)
The Brazen Beauty (1918)
Set Free (1918)
The Wicked Darling (1919)
The Exquisite Thief (1919)
The Unpainted Woman (1919)
The Petal on the Current (1919)
Bonnie Bonnie Lassie (1919)
The Virgin of Stamboul (1920)
Outside the Law (1920)
No Woman Knows (1921)
The Wise Kid (1922)
Man Under Cover (1922)
Under Two Flags (1922)
Drifting (1923)
The Day of Faith (1923)
White Tiger (1923)
The Dangerous Flirt (1924)
Silk Stocking Sal (1924)
The Unholy Three (1925)
The Mystic (1925)
Dollar Down (1925)
The Blackbird (1926)
The Road to Mandalay (1926)
The Show (1927)
The Unknown (1927)
London After Midnight (1927)
The Big City (1928)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
Where East Is East (1929)
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
Outside the Law (1930)
Dracula (1931)
Iron Man (1931)
Freaks (1932)
Fast Workers (1933)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
The Devil-Doll (1936)
Miracles for Sale (1939)

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