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Persuasive Peggy

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1917 | 66 min | Comedy, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

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Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Modern Times, start here.
The mood
Funny with heart.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 6 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1917: an older pace and style.

Informed by her husband Ed that they will not be honeymooning at Niagara Falls as promised, but rather at the County Fair, newlywed Peggy decides it is time to assert her independence and steals away to the falls alone, leaving her bewildered husband to follow. After the honeymoon, Ed takes his bride to the home that had been his mother's, and Peggy redecorates the entire house in her husband's absence. Gradually, Ed learns to submit to his wife's modern attitudes until he discovers that her continual visits to the city have not been to the dentist's, as she had said, but to the studio of portrait painter Perry Pipp. Ed angrily confronts Peggy with her deception, forcing her to return home to her parent's house. Later, when Ed learns that Peggy has been posing for a portrait as a birthday surprise, he begs his wife's forgiveness, which she bestows, along with the information that a baby is on it's way.

How it earned its rating

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  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerNot counted

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 208 people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Charles Brabin

  • Peggy HylandPeggy Patton
  • William B. DavidsonEd Trowbridge
  • Jules CowlesHead Farm Hand
  • Arthur HousmanPercy Pipp