Pals First


1918

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Screen Classics, Inc.; Yorke Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Pals First by Lee Wilson Dodd (New York, 26 Feb 1917) and the novel of the same name by Francis Perry Elliott (New York, 1915).

Synopsis

As Danny Rowland, a tramp, and his partner Dominie, an ex-minister, trudge wearily past the Winnicrest mansion in Tennessee, an old servant called Uncle Alex rushes up to Danny and welcomes him home as his long-lost employer, Richard Castleman. Amused, Danny assumes the role, whereupon he and Dominie are clothed, fed and generally treated like royalty. The beautiful Jean Logan, who had believed with the rest of the neighborhood that Richard was lost at sea, greets her returning sweetheart with a passionate embrace, and soon Danny finds himself in love with her. Dr. Harry Chilton, Richard's cousin and rival in love, maintains that Danny is an impostor, but the latter defeats him in a fight and banishes him from the estate. When Danny announces his intention of marrying Jean, however, Dominie, shocked, tells her everything. Forced to confess to the sheriff, "Danny" reveals that he is indeed Richard, earlier robbed of his clothing and money by a crook named Danny Rowland, who died on a voyage to Australia. Relieved, all of the parties, with the exception of the jealous doctor, are reunited.

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Screen Classics, Inc.; Yorke Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Pals First by Lee Wilson Dodd (New York, 26 Feb 1917) and the novel of the same name by Francis Perry Elliott (New York, 1915).

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Lee Wilson Dodd's play was based on Elliott's novel. The source material was filmed again in 1926 by Edwin Carewe Productions, with Lloyd Hughes and Dolores Del Rio starring and Carewe directing. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.4122.)