Laddie (1926)
Monumental Epic of the American Family A Picture You'll Never Forget!
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor but meets opposition from her stern military father who has recently immigrated from England.
- Date of release
- 1926-09-26
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James Leo Meehan
Casting
- John Bowers — Laddie
- Bess Flowers — Pamela Pryor
- Theodore von Eltz — Robert Paget
- Eugenia Gilbert — Shelley Stanton
- David Torrence — Paul Stanton
- Eulalie Jensen — Mrs. Stanton
- Arthur Clayton — Mahlon Pryor
- Fanny Midgley — Mrs. Pryor
- Aggie Herring — Candace
- Gene Stratton-Porter Monroe — Little Sister
- Johnny Fox — Leon
Interesting facts
Laddie is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by James Leo Meehan with John Bowers in the title role. It was based on Gene Stratton-Porter's novel, Laddie, A True Blue Story (1913).
Production
The title character of Laddie is modeled after Stratton-Porter's deceased older brother, Leander, to whom she gave the nickname of Laddie. Stratton-Porter's brother drowned in the Wabash River on July 6, 1872, when he was a teenager. As in Stratton-Porter's own family, Laddie is connected with the land and identifies with Stratton-Porter's father's vocation of farming. The novel on which the film is based was published in 1913.
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