Peggy (1916 film)

Peggy (also known as The Devil's Pepper Pot) is a 1916 American silent comedy film produced and directed by Thomas Ince and stars Billie Burke in her motion picture debut.^[1]

Peggy
Lobby card poster
Directed by	Thomas Ince Charles Giblyn
Written by	C. Gardner Sullivan
Starring	Billie Burke
Music by	Victor Schertzinger
Distributed by	Triangle Film Corporation
Release date	January 16, 1916 (1916-01-16)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

The film follows Peggy Cameron, a young, high spirited American debutante who is sent to visit her Uncle Andrew and cousin Colin in Scotland.

Cast

• Billie Burke as Peggy Cameron
• William H. Thompson as Andrew Cameron
• William Desmond as Reverend Donald Bruce
• Charles Ray as Colin Cameron
• Nona Thomas as Janet McLeod
• Gertrude Claire as Mrs. Cameron
• Truly Shattuck as Mrs. Van Allyn
• Claire Du Brey (uncredited)

Production

Sheet music of Peggy

Triangle Film Corporation produced Peggy. Victor L. Schertzinger composed the film's score. In conjunction with the film's release, sheet music of a song, Peggy, was published, the first time a song based on a silent film's incidental music had been written and published.^[2] The cover of the sheet music shows Schertzinger as the composer and Ince as the lyricist.

A Wright Model B airplane was used as a wind machine. The airplane was tethered to the ground while its engine and propellers were run.

Survival status

Once thought lost, the film was reconstructed from two safety elements held by the Academy Film Archive, with original color tinting reconstructed digitally. The main title card and final reel do not survive in any form, and these scenes were filled in with stills from the Margaret Herrick Library and text from the 1916 copyright registration.^[3]