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1910 American film
Wilful Peggy
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byFrank E. Woods
Starring
CinematographyBilly Bitzer
Production
company
Biograph Company
Release date
  • August 25, 1910 (1910-08-25) (U.S.)
Running time13 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Wilful Peggy is a 1910 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford.

Plot

Peggy is a feisty peasant girl who catches the eye of a wealthy lord. Enamored with her, he proposes, but she harshly refuses. Her mother pushes her into the marriage against her will. After their marriage, she makes a fool of herself among the socialites at her husband's party. In the height of her embarrassment, her husband's nephew convinces her to run away with him. She innocently agrees, but it soon becomes obvious what the nephew's true intentions were.

Cast

References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993
  2. Wilful Peggy at silentera.com

External links

Films directed by D. W. Griffith
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914–1931


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