The Varmint (1917)
John Humperdink Stover, otherwise known as "The Varmint" for his pestiferousness or as "Dink" when in special favor, was expelled from a boarding school and sent to Lawrenceville Academy. On the stage on the way to the school he meets a silent man whom Dink sizes up for a salesman and he proceeds to wax eloquent on the subject of his past career and the reason he was expelled from his previous school.
- Date of release
- 1917-08-05
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- William Desmond Taylor
Casting
- Jack Pickford — John Humperdink Stover
- Louise Huff — Laura
- Theodore Roberts — A Roman
- Henry Malvern — Tough McCarty
- Ben Suslow — White Mountain Canary
- Milton Schumann — Caramel-Colored Angel
- Maurice Kessell — Cheyenne Baxter
- Maxfield Stanley — Doc MacNooder
- Robert Gordon — Tennessee Shad
- Edward Sedgwick — Butsey White
- Tom Bates — Al
Interesting facts
The Varmint is a lost 1917 American comedy silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor, written by Gardner Hunting and Owen Johnson, and starring Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Theodore Roberts, Henry Malvern, Ben Suslow and Milton Schumann. It was released on August 5, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
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