Penrod and Sam is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Ben Alexander, Joe Butterworth, and Buddy Messinger. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Penrod and Sam Wendy L. Marshall stated that "Beaudine had the Midas touch when it came to directing children" in films like this and Boy of Mine. In 1931, Beaudine directed a sound adaptation of the novel.
Plot summary
Cast Ben Alexander as Penrod Schofield Joe Butterworth as Sam Williams Buddy Messinger as Rodney Bitts Newton Hall as Georgie Bassett Gertrude Messinger as Marjorie Jones Joe McGray as Herman Eugene Jackson as Verman Rockliffe Fellowes as Mr. Schofield Gladys Brockwell as Mrs. Schofield Mary Philbin as Margaret Schofield
Preservation Prints of Penrod and Sam are in the collections of the Library of Congress and EYE Film Institute Netherlands.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 140 c.1978 by The American Film Institute The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Penrod and Sam
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