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A Poor Relation
A Poor Relation
	Will Rogers in A Poor Relation
Directed by	Clarence G. Badger
Screenplay by	Bernard McConville
Based on	A Poor Relation; by Edward E. Kidder
Starring	Will Rogers; Sylvia Breamer; Wallace MacDonald; Sidney Ainsworth; George B. Williams; Molly Malone
Cinematography	Marcel Le Picard
Production; company	Goldwyn Pictures
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	December 1921;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

A Poor Relation is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Bernard McConville. It is based on the play A Poor Relation by Edward E. Kidder. The film stars Will Rogers, Sylvia Breamer, Wallace MacDonald, Sidney Ainsworth, George B. Williams, and Molly Malone. The film was released in December 1921, by Goldwyn Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] shabby and lovable old inventor Noah Vale (Rogers) shares his attic room with Rip (DeVilbiss) and Patch (Trebaol), two orphans he has befriended. His lifetime ambition is centered in an invention he has slaved to perfect. In the meantime he tries to keep Rip, Patch, and himself from starving by selling copies of The Decline and Fall of Rome door to door. He is dispossessed and Scallops (Malone), a neighbor's child, gives them shelter. Vale has a distant relative, a wealthy manufacturer by the name of Fay (Williams), and when he writes him for aid in putting the invention to market, Fay's daughter (Breamer) takes a deep interest in the case. Fay's partner Sterrett (Ainsworth) tries to steal a model of the invention, but returns it when he finds that it is worthless. Johnny Smith (MacDonald), secretary to Fay, is discharged but secures work at a newspaper, and gets a position for Vale as a column writer. Vale gives up inventing and when Johnny marries Miss Fay, they provide a home for Rip and Patch.

Cast

Will Rogers as Noah Vale
Sylvia Breamer as Miss Fay
Wallace MacDonald as Johnny Smith
Sidney Ainsworth as Sterrett
George B. Williams as Mr. Fay
Molly Malone as Scallops
Robert DeVilbiss as Rip
Jeanette Trebaol as Patch
Walter Perry as O'Halley

References

^ "A Poor Relation (1921) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
^ Janiss Garza. "Poor Relation (1921)". AllMovie. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
^ "A Poor Relation". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
^ "Reviews: A Poor Relation". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (1). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 63–64. December 31, 1921.