The Little Boss
| The Little Boss | |
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| A magazine advertisement for The Little Boss showing Bessie Love preventing a fight in a forest setting Magazine advertisement | |
| Directed by | David Smith |
| Screenplay by | Rida Johnson Young |
| Story by | Rida Johnson Young |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna[1] |
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Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels[4] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Little Boss is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by David Smith and produced by Vitagraph Studios.[2] The story and screenplay were by Rida Johnson Young,[1][2][5] and it starred Bessie Love and Wallace MacDonald.
Production
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Exterior scenes were filmed at the Little River Redwood Company, an actual lumber camp in Eureka, California.[2][7][8] Scenes with log flumes were filmed in Fresno, California.[9][10]
Plot
[edit | edit source]Peggy (Love) is the owner of a lumber camp, and she falls for Clayton, a man from the city (MacDonald), who comes to the camp. Clayton's sister invites Peggy to come to the city, where she attends school and becomes a "modern woman." When Peggy returns to the camp, it is revealed that she was never the true owner of the lumber camp, but this does not matter to Clayton, who is in love with her.[2]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Bessie Love as Peggy, The Little Boss[1][2][5]
- Wallace MacDonald as Clayton Hargis
- Otto Lederer as Sandy MacNab
- Harry Russell as "Red" O'Rourke
- J. Morley as Richard Leicester
- Joe Rickson as Pete Farley
- Clara Knight as Chloe
- Karl Formes as "Old" Farley
Release
[edit | edit source]On its release, the film was shown with a Burton Holmes Travelogue and the comedy Taking a Chance in some theaters;[11] The Heart Punch and The Little Widow were shown in others.[7]
Reception
[edit | edit source]Clyde De Vinna's photography of the redwood forests was highly praised, although the overall reception of the film was negative.[12]
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External links
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- The Little Boss at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- The Little Boss at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Little Boss at the TCM Movie Database
- Lantern slide
- 1919 films
- 1919 lost films
- 1919 romantic comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by David Smith (director)
- Films set in California
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language romantic comedy films
- Lost American silent romantic comedy films