Gift O' Gab
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W. S. Van Dyke
Director
Jack Gardner
Tom Bain
Helen Ferguson
Peggy Dinsmore
Frank Morris
Chub Dinsmore
John Cossar
Mr. Dinsmore
Mrs. Margaret A. Wiggin
Film Details
Also Known As
The Gift of Gab
Release Date
Nov
26,
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Essanay Film Mfg Co.; Perfection Pictures
Distribution Company
George Kleine System
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Gift O'Gab" by H. Tipton Steck in Ainslee's Magazine (publication date undetermined).
Synopsis
Tom Bain discovers that he must have something more than a fine record at football to provide for the needs of Peggy Dinsmore, the sister of his college chum. Riding up and down the grades on a railroad train gives Tom the idea of inventing a machine to bore tunnels through the hills. He interests local capital through his sales pitch, sells his machine with more talk, but the machine is a glorious failure. The president of the railroad company is so impressed with his gift of gab, however, that he gets a job as a salesman and is thus able to claim Peggy as his bride.
Director
W. S. Van Dyke
Director
Cast
Jack Gardner
Tom Bain
Helen Ferguson
Peggy Dinsmore
Frank Morris
Chub Dinsmore
John Cossar
Mr. Dinsmore
Mrs. Margaret A. Wiggin
Crew
Film Details
Also Known As
The Gift of Gab
Release Date
Nov
26,
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Essanay Film Mfg Co.; Perfection Pictures
Distribution Company
George Kleine System
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Gift O'Gab" by H. Tipton Steck in Ainslee's Magazine (publication date undetermined).
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The film was also reviewed under the title The Gift of Gab.
