Pettigrew's Girl
Cast & Crew
George H. Melford
Ethel Clayton
Monte Blue
Charles Gerard
Clara Whipple
Louis A. Howland
Film Details
Synopsis
Orphaned private William Pettigrew is stationed at a World War I embarkation camp near New York. His loneliness increases when the other soldiers receive mail, and he realizes that he has no one to write him. On a visit to the city he purchases a photograph of chorus girl Daisy Heath, then visits the theater where she performs and meets her at the stagedoor. Daisy recognizes William's sincerity and breaks a date with millionaire Hugh Varick. Daisy performs at William's camp, and he gets permission to spend time alone with her before he sails. Daisy rejects Varick, who also enlists, but whose money was his main appeal. When William returns after the war, Daisy is waiting for him.
Director
George H. Melford
Cast
Ethel Clayton
Monte Blue
Charles Gerard
Clara Whipple
Crew
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The film's working title was Private Pettigrew's Girl. It opened in New York on April 13, 1919. Scenes from the film were shot in the Majestic theater in Los Angeles, at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, CA and at Camp Kearny in San Diego, CA. Burnet's story was remade twice under the title The Shopworn Angel: by Paramount in 1928, with Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper starring and Richard Wallace directing (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.5016); and by M-G-M in 1938, with Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart starring and H. C. Potter directing.
