Peck's Bad Boy


1921

Brief Synopsis

Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways result in Bill rather than Horace getting in trouble.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Jun 1921
Premiere Information
not available
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa and other titles by George Wilbur Peck (1883 and later).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,000ft (5 reels)

Synopsis

When a circus comes to town, Jackie, his pal, and his dog cause a commotion by releasing a lion from its cage, and consequently Jackie's father refuses him circus money. So Jackie disguises his pal as a girl, contrives to have Mr. Peck keep a date with "her," and collects "blackmail" just before his father and mother discover the "girl's" true identity. In other escapades, he puts ants in his father's pleurisy pad while the family is in church; rescues his dog from the dogcatcher; and conceals some important papers in the pocket of young Dr. Martin, his sister's beau, causing the doctor's arrest. Jackie admits to the last offense, and the doctor saves the boy and the dog from an oncoming train.

Film Details

Genre
Comedy
Release Date
Jun 1921
Premiere Information
not available
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa and other titles by George Wilbur Peck (1883 and later).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5,000ft (5 reels)

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Notes

Baby Gloria Wood (1919-1994), was the daughter of director Sam Wood. Peck's Bad Boy marked her motion picture debut. As an adult she appeared in numerous films and television programs, first billed as either Katharine or Katherine Stevens, and later under the name by which she became best known, K. T. Stevens.