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The Little Minister
Director:
Penrhyn Stanlaws
(Dir)
Release Date:
25 Dec 1921
Duration (in feet):
6,031
Duration (in reels):
6
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Cast:
Betty Compson
(Babbie)
George Hackathorne
(Gavin)
Edwin Stevens
(Lord Rintoul)
Nigel Barrie
(Captain Halliwell)
Will R. Walling
(Dr. McQueen)
Guy Oliver
(Thomas Whammond)
Fred Huntly
(Peter Tosh)
Robert Brower
(Hendry Munn)
Joseph Hazelton
(John Spens)
Mary Wilkinson
(Nanny Webster)
Summary:
"When the weavers of Thrums, enraged by a reduction in prices for their products, rise against the manufacturers, Gavin, 'the little minister' intervenes with the constables in their behalf. Babbie, a supposed Gypsy girl, is suspected of having notified the rioters that the police were coming so they might be prepared to fight, and a price is placed on her capture. But when Gavin questions her, her beauty and appeal charms him and he aids her to escape. A romance between the pair impends, much to the dislike of the elders of the Scotch kirk and Gavin is about to be defrocked when the Gypsy girl is brought into the meeting and discloses that she is in reality Lady Barbara, daughter of Lord Rintoul, the baron-magistrate of the district. In aiding the girl to escape Gavin had told the constables she was his wife, which in Scotland constitutes legal marriage if admittance is made before witnesses." (
Moving Picture World,
7 Jan 1922, p112.)
Production Company:
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company:
Paramount Pictures
Director:
Penrhyn Stanlaws
(Dir)
Producer:
Adolph Zukor
(Pres)
Writer:
Edfrid Bingham
(Scen)
Photography:
Paul Perry
(Dir of photog)
Country:
United States
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the novel
The Little Minister
by James M. Barrie (London, 1891) and his play of the same name (New York, 27 Sep 1897).
Authors:
James M. Barrie
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Famous Players--Lasky
21/12/1921
dd/mm/yyyy
LP17404
Physical Properties:
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Genre:
Melodrama
Subjects (Major):
Clergy
Gypsies
Scotland
Weavers and weaving
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