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Maggie Pepper is a american film of genre Comedy-drama directed by Chester Withey with Ethel Clayton

Maggie Pepper (1919)

Maggie Pepper
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Maggie Pepper is a lost 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Ethel Clayton. This film is based on a hit 1911 play by Charles Klein which was a winning success for stage actress Rose Stahl. Klein himself had died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915 and therefore was not living to see this movie. With a survival status classified as unknown, Maggie Pepper is likely to be another lost film from the silent era.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine, Maggie Pepper (Clayton) is a self-reliant and snappy saleswoman who supports a young girl Claire (Wilson), the daughter of her sister-in-law Ada (Greenwood), who is in jail for shoplifting. Maggie is being courted by Jake Rothschild (Hatton) and has just rejected him when the young owner of the store, Joe Holbrook (Dexter), comes upon them. She mistakes Joe for a job seeker and advises him to stay away from a concern that is dying painlessly. Joe becomes interested and finds that the peppery young woman has ideas and vision. He is already engaged, but finds that the comparison of the women favors Maggie. Maggie, the victim of envy, is discharged. Her sister-in-law Ada, now released and led back to crime by a second husband Sam (Marshall), plans to do shoplifting at the Holbrook store. Maggie only wants the child to be free from bad influences, and accepts a job offer in Pittsburgh to get a better environment. There is a sensational attempt to steal the child, which brings Holbrook to the rescue. He feigns injury to keep a hold on Maggie, and ends up winning her.

Actors

Ethel Clayton

(Maggie Pepper)Elliott Dexter

(Joe Holbrook)Winifred Greenwood

(Ada Darkin)Tully Marshall

(Sam Darkin)Edna Mae Wilson

(Claire Darkin)
And :
Raymond Hatton
William Elmer
Bud Duncan
Clarence Geldart
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