Turn to the Right


1922

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
Feb 27, 1922
Premiere Information
Milwaukee premiere: ca12 Feb 1922
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Turn to the Right, a Comedy in a Prologue and Three Acts by Winchell Smith, Jack E. Hazzard (New York, 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
7,703ft (8 reels)

Synopsis

Joe Bascom, only son of a widow, lives in a Connecticut village. He loves Elsie Tillinger, daughter of the deacon, the wealthiest man in town; but the deacon forbids Joe to speak to her. Joe leaves home to make his way in the world, but his employer, Mr. Morgan, a wealthy racehorse owner, accuses him unjustly of stealing. Actually, Morgan's son, Lester, is guilty of the crime, but Joe is sentenced to a prison term; there he becomes acquainted with Mugsy and Gilly, two crooks. Meanwhile, though courted by young Morgan, Elsie remains faithful to Joe. Mrs. Bascom, who makes superlative peach jam from her orchard, is in debt to the Deacon Tillinger, and he intends to buy her orchard and make Lester head of a jam industry. But Joe arrives with his crook friends, outwits the deacon, and takes over the peach orchard. Mugsy and Gilly are reformed by the goodness of Joe's mother and fall in love with Betty and Jessie; and after exposing Lester Morgan's deceit, Joe marries Elsie.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Drama
Release Date
Feb 27, 1922
Premiere Information
Milwaukee premiere: ca12 Feb 1922
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Turn to the Right, a Comedy in a Prologue and Three Acts by Winchell Smith, Jack E. Hazzard (New York, 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
7,703ft (8 reels)

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