Percy (1925 film)

Percy
Percy
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Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	J.G. Hawks ; Eve Unsell
Based on	The Desert Fiddler; by William Henry Hamby
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Starring	Charles Ray ; Louise Dresser ; Victor McLaglen
Cinematography	James Diamond
Production; company	Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	March 24, 1925;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated October 27, 2025

Percy is a lost 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Charles Ray, Louise Dresser and Victor McLaglen.^[1] The film is based upon the novel The Desert Fiddler by William Henry Hamby.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Percy Rogeen, a mother’s boy, becomes his dad’s campaign manager and is taught to drink and smoke. In a fight he is thrown into a box car and eventually lands in the desert. He is saved from a gang by Holy Joe. Together they go to a gambling house and save the girl’s property from a gang plotting to get hold of it through holding back the water.

Cast

Charles Ray as Percival Rogeen
Louise Dresser as Mrs. Rogers
Joseph Kilgour as Jasper Rogeen
Clyde McAtee as James
Dave Winter as Breezy Barnes
Charles Murray as Holy Joe
Victor McLaglen as Reedy Jenkins
Betty Blythe as Lolita
Barbara Bedford as Imogene Chandler
Don Marion as Percival Rogeen, as a boy
Ethelbert Knott (credited as Adelbert Knott)
Jack Cosgrave as Minor Role (uncredited)
Chew Ho as Minor Role (uncredited)
Richard Neill as Minor Role (uncredited)
Pat Wing as Little Girl (uncredited)
Toby Wing as Little Girl (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of Percy located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

References

↑ Goble p. 906
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Percy at silentera.com
↑ "New Pictures: Percy", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (12): 47, March 14, 1925, retrieved December 14, 2021
↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Percy

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Percy at IMDb
Lantern slide and still at silenthollywood.com

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[1] Goble p. 906

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: Percy at silentera.com

[3] "New Pictures: Percy", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (12): 47, March 14, 1925, retrieved December 14, 2021

[4] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Percy

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