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The Small Town Guy
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by L.C. Windom (Lawrence Windom)
Cast: Taylor Holmes [Ernest Gledhill], Helen Ferguson [Eleanor Ramsdell], Fred Tiden [the swell dresser], Mark Elliston [Slim McClearn], James F. Fulton [Major Dymon]
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The George Kleine System [Perfection Pictures]. / Scenario by H. Tipton Steck, from the novelette A Picture of Innocence by Freeman Tilden. Cinematography by Arthur E. Reeves. Presented by George K. Spoor. / © 20 November 1917 by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company [LP11786]. Released 3 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Coaxed by sharpers, who seek to profit by his rustic innocence, the boy from the small town goes to the city with them and become, innocently enough, a successful swindler, but he learns of the deception and returns home, too ashamed to seek his old sweetheart. The crooks return to try a blackmail game, but Ernie’s eyes are opened now. He cleans up in whirlwind fashion.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4095.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 December 2023.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4095; Slide-Early p. 24 : Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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