A Petticoat Pilot (1918)
When the third partner in their small Cape Cod trading business dies, Shad Gould and Zoeth Hamilton adopt his little daughter Mary-'Gusta. After several years, the two old salts decide that Mary should be properly educated and send her to an exclusive school in Boston, telling her that her father left her a large fortune. In Boston, Mary meets Crawford Smith, but their happiness together is threatened when she learns that he is the son of Edgar Fuller (alias Smith), a scoundrel who had run off with Zoeth's wife and stolen his money.
- Date of release
- 1918-02-04
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Rollin S. Sturgeon
Casting
- Vivian Martin — Mary-'Gusta
- Theodore Roberts — 'Cap'n Shad' Gould
- James Neill — Zoeth Hamilton
- Harrison Ford — Crawford Smith
- Bert Hadley — Edgar Fuller aka Edwin Smith
- Tom Bates — Isaiah
- Helen Gilmore — Mrs. Hobbs
- John Burton — Judge Baxter
- Richard Cummings — Rastus Young
- Jane Wolfe — Mrs. Young
- Cecil Lionel — Mr. Bacheldor
- Jane Keckley — Mrs. Bacheldor
Interesting facts
A Petticoat Pilot is a lost 1918 American comedy silent film directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and written by Joseph C. Lincoln and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Vivian Martin, Theodore Roberts, James Neill, Harrison Ford, Bert Hadley and Tom Bates. The film was released on February 4, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
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