The Tomboy is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by David Kirkland and starring Herbert Rawlinson and Dorothy Devore.[1]
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| Directed by | David Kirkland |
| Written by | Frank Mitchell Dazey (story) |
| Produced by | IE Chadwick |
| Starring | Herbert Rawlinson Dorothy Devore |
| Cinematography | Milton Moore |
| Distributed by | Chadwick Pictures; State's Rights |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a review in a film magazine,[2] Tommy Smith (Devore), the village tomboy, runs a boarding house because her mother (Boardman) is dead and her father (Barrows) is lazy. A stranger appears and begins making love to Tommy. Coincident with her discovery of liquor in the barn and the fact that the stranger, Aldon Farwell (Rawlinson), is a revenue agent, she is led to believe that her father is a bootlegger. The Sheriff (Moran) is killed and her father is accused of the murder. Bootleggers make way with a truck and Aldon and Tommy join the chase. When captured, it develops that Rugby Blood (Gribbon), posing as an invalid, is the leader of the bootleggers and has been disguising as her father, while her father has been working on the case with Aldon. Tommy also discovers that Aldon's love for her is real.
Cast
edit- Herbert Rawlinson as Aldon Farwell
- Dorothy Devore as Tommy Smith
- James O. Barrows as Henry Smith (credited as James Barrows)
- Lee Moran as Hiram, A Sheriff
- Helen Lynch as Sweetie Higgins
- Lottie Williams as Mrs. Higgins
- Harry Gribbon as Rugby Blood
- Virginia True Boardman as Mrs. Smith
Preservation
editA print of The Tomboy is preserved at the Library of Congress.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Tomboy (Wayback)
- ^ Sewell, Charles S. (January 3, 1925). "The Tomboy; Dorothy Devore and Herbert Rawlinson in Chadwick Melodrama=Comedy with Bootlegging Theme". The Moving Picture World. 72 (1). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 58.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Tomboy
External links
edit- The Tomboy at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Tomboy (1924) on YouTube
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