The Tomboy

The Tomboy
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Directed byDavid Kirkland
Written byFrank Mitchell Dazey (story)
Produced byIE Chadwick
StarringHerbert Rawlinson
Dorothy Devore
CinematographyMilton Moore
Distributed byChadwick Pictures; State's Rights
Release date
  • December 26, 1924 (1924-12-26)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Tomboy is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by David Kirkland and starring Herbert Rawlinson and Dorothy Devore.[1]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[2] Tommy Smith (Devore), the village tomboy, runs a boarding house because her mother (Boardman) is dead and her father (Barrows) is lazy. A stranger appears and begins making love to Tommy. Coincident with her discovery of liquor in the barn and the fact that the stranger, Aldon Farwell (Rawlinson), is a revenue agent, she is led to believe that her father is a bootlegger. The Sheriff (Moran) is killed and her father is accused of the murder. Bootleggers make way with a truck and Aldon and Tommy join the chase. When captured, it develops that Rugby Blood (Gribbon), posing as an invalid, is the leader of the bootleggers and has been disguising as her father, while her father has been working on the case with Aldon. Tommy also discovers that Aldon's love for her is real.

Cast

Preservation

A print of The Tomboy is preserved at the Library of Congress.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Tomboy (Wayback)
  2. ^ Sewell, Charles S. (January 3, 1925). "The Tomboy; Dorothy Devore and Herbert Rawlinson in Chadwick Melodrama=Comedy with Bootlegging Theme". The Moving Picture World. 72 (1). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 58.
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Tomboy


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