Peggy O'Day
- 1928
Riding somewhat on his more famous brother Jack's coattails, Al Hoxie starred in eight Westerns produced by William Pizor for release by low-budget corporation Krelbar. The initial entry in the Pizor series, His Last Bullet tells the none-too-original story of Tom Randall, a miner whose brother and partner is murdered by a claim-jumper (Houston Ellis). Taking a job as a ranch hand, Tom discovers that the villain who has been threatening his employer is the same man who killed brother Phil. When the rancher refuses to part with half of the ranch, the villain kidnaps his daughter (Peggy O'Day). The resourceful Tom manages to rescue the girl and is later presented with a share in her father's ranch. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Al Hoxie, Peggy O'Day, (more)
- 1928
A confusing Universal silent Western, this film starred one of the studio's lesser cowboy heroes, Ted Wells, as a U.S. Marshal falsely accused of being a notorious outlaw. The real bandit, known only as The Hawk (and weren't they all?), is actual a tough hombre masquerading as rancher Steve Banning (Henry Hebert). About to be unmasked, the desperado kidnaps Jane Brooks (Peggy O'Day), a pretty detective disguised as a bespectacled professor, but Wells and his men manage to rescue the girl before she suffers the ubiquitous fate worse than death. The film's editor, Ben Pivar, presumably remembered the name "Steve Banning" when he later produced The Mummy's Hand (1940), whose hero (played by Dick Foran) sported the same name. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ted Wells
- 1924
When a drifter starts working for a female rancher, he quickly finds himself in hot water with a crooked ranch foreman out to rustle not only her cattle but the pert employer herself. The story (probably courtesy of director Louis King) was old hat even by 1924, but stars Bill Patton, Peggy O'Day and Lew Meehan made it work once again. Meehan especially was always fun to watch. Arguably the ugliest mug in the business, the veteran villain could ham it up with the best of them and even get away with playing coy on rare occasions. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- 1924
This otherwise fairly average silent western contains a sequence as racist in its own seemingly innocuous way as anything D.W. Griffith ever committed. But unlike the treatment of African-Americans in Birth of a Nation, which at least had the excuse of being a period piece, the offensive elements of the modern-dress Shootin' Square are played as natural and understanding behavior. Ranch foreman Jack Perrin's upcoming nuptials with his boss' daughter (Peggy O'Day) hits a snag when the minister (Martin Turner) proves to be black. "How could you do this to me?" O'Day cries (via an inter title of course). "I'll never see you again!" Poor Parson Turner apologizes for the color of his skin, Perrin explains that it was all a misunderstanding, O'Day forgives him, and they return to the altar. This time the minister is actually an escaped outlaw in disguise (Bud Osborne), a fact which proves slightly less traumatic for the bride than the earlier "mishap." ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jack Perrin, Peggy O'Day, (more)
- 1922
Also known as Texas Angel Citizens, this minor silent Western from poverty row producer William M. Smith starred Franklyn Farnum as a drifter who solves a murder in the ill-named frontier town of Angel Citizens. Directed by Francis Ford, the older brother of John Ford, this Western also featured Peggy O'Day as the murder victim's daughter and the comedy of Shorty Hamilton. Angel Citizens was released by Merit Film Corp. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Franklin Farnum, Peggy O'Day, (more)
- 1922
More a prairie whodunit than a straight western, this minor silent melodrama starred the veteran Franklyn Farnum as a rancher solving the mystery of the missing Jack Frayne (George Rheem). It seems that Frayne was shot, in self defence, by his twin brother (also Rheem), who then assumed his identity. Francis Ford, the older brother of John Ford directed this low-budget mess for producer William M. Smith. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Franklin Farnum, Peggy O'Day, (more)
- 1922
Director Francis Ford miscast himself as the romantic interest of Peggy O'Day in this rags-to-riches drama. Patsy (O'Day) is the scrub girl at a boarding house, but her singing talent draws the attention of an old musician. She gets a job in the chorus of a burlesque show and quickly works her way up the ranks. She falls in love with Dr. Blake (Ford), but Lewis Lester, a crook (Philip Ford), decides he wants her after a fire destroys the beauty of his own sweetheart. Lester tricks Patsy into believing that Blake has cast her aside so that she will turn to him. She discovers that Lester has lied, and, feeling badly about the whole situation, goes to the country to forget. Dr. Blake follows after her. Lester, who is being pursued by the authorities, escapes to the country and creates even more complications. Eventually everything is straightened out and Patsy is united with her doctor. Philip Ford, incidentally, was the director's son. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peggy O'Day
