Some Pun'kins

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Some Pun'kins
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Directed by Jerome Storm
Written by Charles E. Banks
Bert Woodruff
Produced by I.E. Chadwick
Starring Charles Ray
Duane Thompson
George Fawcett
Cinematography James S. Brown Jr.
Philip Tannura
Production
company
Distributed byChadwick Pictures
Release date
  • September 29, 1925 (1925-09-29)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Some Pun'kins is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by Jerome Storm and starring Charles Ray, Duane Thompson, and George Fawcett. [1] [2] It is also known by the alternative title of The Farmer's Boy.

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Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, [3] in this light rural comedy, Lem Blossom (Ray) falls in love with Mary Griggs (Thompson), already the possessor of a beau in the worldly person of Tom Perkins (Cooley). Mary's pa Josh Griggs (Woodruff), a heavy drinking father, frowns on the romance but Lem persevers. When Lem fails to sell a load of pumpkins, his father (Fawcett) in desperation turns to bootlegging. Mrs. Blossom (Midgley) and Lem smell the bottles, and Pa Blossom drives Lem away. On the way to the station Lem conceives the idea of obtaining a corner on pumpkins and puts it over to the tune of thousands of dollars. Mary's house takes fire and Lem, after trying the fire-pumper he invented, risks his life to save her life. Everything, then is rosy. Lem has both money and the girl.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Some Pun'kins located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. ↑ Rainey p. 226
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Some Pun'kins at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Smith, Sumner (December 26, 1925). "Through the Box Office Window: Some Pun'kins; Charles Ray Scores in Pleasing Rural Drama Replete with Humorous Touches and Pathos". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 77 (8): 809. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Some Pun'kins

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