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A Small Town Idol

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Sam (Turpin) leaves town after being falsely accused of a crime and becomes a film star in Hollywood working with actress Marcelle Mansfield (Prevost). He returns to his home town hailed as a hero where one of his films is shown in the theater. His rival Jones (Finlayson), who wants Sam's girlfriend
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reissued the condensed Sennett version in 1939 as one of its "Broadway Brevities." The Telefeatures TV syndication firm reprinted it in 1960 as part of the "Nickelodeon Theatre" series, with new narration by
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In 1933 Mack Sennett cut the feature down to two reels, adding music, sound effects, narration, and a new title sequence with the credits printed in a book with portraits of the actors.
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Mary (Haver), frames Sam for the shooting of Mary's father. Just as the townspeople are about to lynch Sam, Mary arrives to prove Sam's innocence and the two are reconciled.
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The picture was Sennett’s biggest undertaking to date, costing $ 350,000 and required over a year to make.
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and was made and acted by many of the same Sennett personnel from his previous year's
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Prevost and Turpin star in the western being shown in the town's theater
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Advertisement with Phyllis Haver, Dot Farley, and Ben Turpin
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The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30
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Mack Sennett
Erle C. Kenton
Associated Producers
Associated First National
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
reels
intertitles
silent
comedy film
Mack Sennett
Associated First National
Ben Turpin
Down on the Farm
Ben Turpin
James Finlayson
Phyllis Haver
Bert Roach
Charles Murray
Marie Prevost
Dot Farley
Eddie Gribbon
Kalla Pasha
Billy Bevan
George O'Hara
John J. Richardson
Louise Fazenda
Lige Conley

Heinie Conklin

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