Henry "Hennery" Peck, popularly known as Peck's Bad Boy, is a fictional character created by George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916). First appearing in the 1883 novel Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, the Bad Boy has appeared in numerous print, stage, and film adaptations. The character is portrayed as a mischievous prankster, and the phrase "Peck's bad boy" has ...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Kate Bruce•Bebe Daniels
Cheaters at Play is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charlotte Greenwood, William Bakewell, Ralph Morgan, Barbara Weeks and Linda Watkins. The film was released on January 27, 1932, by Fox Film Corporation.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•James Cruze
Skyline is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel—East Side, West Side—by Felix Riesenberg. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Kathlyn Williams•Theodore Roberts
Young Sinners is an American Pre-Code drama film released on May 17, 1931, directed by John G. Blystone. The screenplay was initially written by Maurine Watkins though the script filmed was William Conselman's, not Watkins'.. Conselman scrapped her screenplay in favor of his own based on the play Young Sinners by Elmer Harris.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Mildred Harris
The Argyle Case (1929) is an all-talking pre-code mystery film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Thomas Meighan, H.B. Warner, Lila Lee, John Darrow and Zasu Pitts. The film was based on a play by Harriet Ford and Harvey J. O'Higgins. It was produced and released by Warner Bros.
Starring: Marguerite Clark•Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen
The Mating Call is a 1928 American silent drama film about a soldier who returns home from World War I to find his marriage has been annulled and his wife has remarried. The film was produced by Howard Hughes for his Caddo Corporation, and was originally released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. Renée A...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Laura Hope Crews
The Racket is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim, and George E. Stone. The film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Tom Miranda, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was adapted from Cormack's 1927 Broadway play The Racket.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Pauline Frederick
Blind Alleys is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Thomas Meighan and Evelyn Brent.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Laura Hope Crews•Raymond Hatton
The City Gone Wild (1927) is a silent gangster film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film starred Louise Brooks and was directed by James Cruze, and is now a lost film.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Marjorie Daw
We're All Gamblers is a lost 1927 American drama silent film directed by James Cruze and written by John W. Conway and Hope Loring. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Marietta Millner, Cullen Landis, Philo McCullough, Gertrude Claire, Gunboat Smith and Spec O'Donnell. The film was released on September 3, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Anita King•Valeska Suratt
The Canadian is an extant 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, The Land of Promise, by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based ...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Charlotte Walker
The New Klondike is a 1926 black-and-white silent romantic comedy sports drama film directed by Lewis Milestone for Famous Players-Lasky. The film was set against the backdrop of the Florida land boom of the 1920s, and stands as Ben Hecht's first film assignment.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen
Tin Gods is a lost 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play Tin Gods by William Anthony McGuire. Allan Dwan directed and Thomas Meighan starred.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Ernest Joy•Wyndham Standing
Coming Through is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland starring Thomas Meighan and Lila Lee. The film was Sutherland's directorial debut.
Starring: John St. Polis•Maureen O'Sullivan•Agnes Ayres•Diana Allen
Irish Luck is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Victor Heerman, produced by Famous Players-Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Dorothy Jordan
The Man Who Found Himself is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Thomas J. Geraghty based upon a story by Booth Tarkington. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Virginia Valli, Frank Morgan, Ralph Morgan, Charles A. Stevenson, and Julia Hoyt. The film was released on August 23, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Cullen Landis•Gertrude Astor
Old Home Week is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and written by George Ade and Thomas J. Geraghty. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Charles Dow Clark, Max Figman, Charles Sellon, Zelma Tiden, and Sidney Paxton. The film was released on May 25, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen
The Alaskan is a 1924 American silent adventure drama film based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood set in northwoods country, as his novels tend to be, in this case Alaska. The film was produced and released by Paramount Pictures and directed by Herbert Brenon. The picture stars Thomas Meighan, Estelle Taylor and an early role by Anna May Wong.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Wanda Hawley
The Confidence Man is a 1924 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. Its duration is about 80 minutes and it stars Thomas Meighan and Virginia Valli. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Gertrude Astor
Pied Piper Malone is a 1924 American silent comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Thomas Meighan. The Famous Players-Lasky produced the film and Paramount Pictures distributed.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Dorothy Jordan
Tongues of Flame is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a novel by Peter Clark MacFarlane and was directed by Joseph Henabery. The film starred Thomas Meighan and Bessie Love. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Katherine MacDonald
Homeward Bound is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and written by Peter B. Kyne, Jack Cunningham, and Paul Sloane. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Charles S. Abbe, William P. Carleton, Hugh Cameron, and Gus Weinberg. The film was released on July 29, 1923, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen
Woman-Proof is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Thomas J. Geraghty based upon a play by George Ade. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, John St. Polis, Louise Dresser, Robert Agnew, Mary Astor, and Edgar Norton. The film was released on October 28, 1923, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen•Gladys George
The Bachelor Daddy is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Edward Peple and Olga Printzlau. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, Maude Wayne, Adele Farrington, J. Farrell MacDonald, Larry Wheat, and Peaches Jackson. The film was released on April 29, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Myrna Loy
Back Home and Broke is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by George Ade and J. Clarkson Miller. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Frederick Burton, Cyril Ring, Charles S. Abbe, Florence Dixon, and Gertrude Quinlan. The film was released on December 24, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen
If You Believe It, It's So is a lost 1922 American silent drama film directed by Tom Forman and written by Perley Poore Sheehan and Waldemar Young. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Pauline Starke, Joseph J. Dowling, Theodore Roberts, Charles Stanton Ogle, and Laura Anson. The film was released on July 2, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Louise Dresser
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow is a 1981 documentary-style movie about the predictions of French astrologer and physician Michel de Notredame (Nostradamus).
Starring: Renee Adoree•Maureen O'Sullivan•Myrna Loy
Manslaughter is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Thomas Meighan, Leatrice Joy, and Lois Wilson. It was scripted by Jeanie MacPherson adapted from the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller. The film portrays the main character, Lydia Thorne, as a thrill-seeking, self-entitled, and wild woman who does ...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Myrna Loy
Our Leading Citizen is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by George Ade and Waldemar Young. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, William P. Carleton, Theodore Roberts, Guy Oliver, Larry Wheat, and James Neill. The film was released on June 14, 1922, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Dorothy Jordan
Cappy Ricks is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by Tom Forman and written by Peter B. Kyne, Albert S. Le Vino, Edward E. Rose, and Waldemar Young. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charles S. Abbe, Agnes Ayres, Hugh Cameron, John St. Polis, Paul Everton and Eugenie Woodward. The film was released on August 21, 1921, by Paramount Pictures...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Dorothy Peterson•Jackie Cooper
The City of Silent Men is a lost 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Tom Forman and starred Thomas Meighan and Lois Wilson.
Starring: Mary Pickford•Maureen O'Sullivan•Dorothy Jordan
The Conquest of Canaan is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Thomas Meighan and Doris Kenyon and was directed by Roy William Neill. It was filmed in Asheville, North Carolina. A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916 under the same title.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Kate Bruce•Bebe Daniels
The Easy Road is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Tom Forman and written by Beulah Marie Dix. The film is based upon a story by Blair Hall. The Easy Road stars Thomas Meighan, Gladys George, Grace Goodall, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Lila Lee, Laura Anson, and Viora Daniel. The film was released on February 13, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen•Alan Hale
Frontier of the Stars is a lost 1921 American drama silent film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Charles Maigne and Albert Payson Terhune. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Faire Binney, Alphonse Ethier, Edward Ellis, Gus Weinberg and Florence Johns. The film was released January 20, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•James Cruze•Blanche Sweet
A Prince There Was is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Tom Forman and written by Waldemar Young based upon the novel Enchanted Hearts by Darragh Aldrich and the play by George M. Cohan. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Mildred Harris, Charlotte Jackson, Nigel Barrie, Guy Oliver, Arthur Stuart Hull, and Sylvia Ashton. The film was re...
Starring: Kathlyn Williams•Maureen O'Sullivan•Mildred Harris
White and Unmarried is a lost 1921 American comedy silent film directed by Tom Forman and written by Will M. Ritchey and John D. Swain. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Jacqueline Logan, Grace Darmond, Walter Long, Lloyd Whitlock, Frederick Vroom, and Marian Skinner. The film was released on May 29, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Marguerite Clark•Sessue Hayakawa
Civilian Clothes is a surviving 1920 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars Thomas Meighan and was directed by Hugh Ford. This film is based on the 1919 Broadway play, Civilian Clothes, by Thompson Buchanan. Thurston Hall played Meighan's part in the play. Civilian Clothes is pre...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Edna Goodrich
Conrad in Quest of His Youth is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Thomas Meighan. The film is based on the 1903 novel Conrad in Search of His Youth by Leonard Merrick which was adapted and written for the screen by Olga Printzlau. The film survives at the Library of Congress.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Norma Talmadge
The Prince Chap is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Olga Printzlau based upon the play of the same name by Edward Peple. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charles Ogle, Kathlyn Williams, Casson Ferguson, Ann Forrest, Peaches Jackson, and Mae Giraci. The film was released in August 1920, by Paramount Pictu...
Starring: Pauline Frederick•Maureen O'Sullivan
Why Change Your Wife? is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson.
Starring: Grace Darmond•Maureen O'Sullivan•Raymond Hatton
Male and Female is a 1919 American silent adventure/drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan. Its main themes are gender relations and social class. The film is based on the 1902 J. M. Barrie play The Admirable Crichton.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Raymond Hatton
The Probation Wife is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Norma Talmadge. Talmadge served as her own producer with distribution through Select Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Charlotte Walker
The Thunderbolt is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell and starring Katherine MacDonald, Spottiswoode Aitken and Thomas Meighan.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Mabel Van Buren
Eve's Daughter is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Kirkwood and starred popular theatre star Billie Burke.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Joseph W. Smiley•Valeska Suratt
The Forbidden City is a 1918 American silent drama film starring Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan and directed by Sidney Franklin. A copy of the film is in the Library of Congress and other film archives.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Charlotte Walker
Heart of the Wilds is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Elsie Ferguson. The story is from "Pierre and His People", by Gilbert Parker, which Edgar Selwyn also based his play Pierre of the Plains on. Ferguson had become a star in 1908 in Selwyn's Broadway play.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Marie Doro•Frank Losee
In Pursuit of Polly is a lost 1918 American silent comedy-drama film starring Billie Burke and Thomas Meighan. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Ernest Joy•Joseph W. Smiley
Madame Jealousy is a 1918 American silent allegorical drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by George V. Hobart and Eve Unsell. The film stars Pauline Frederick, Thomas Meighan, Frank Losee, Charles Wellesley, Isabel O'Madigan, and Elsie MacLeod. The film was released on February 4, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Gladys George
Missing is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young and written by Mary Augusta Ward, J. Stuart Blackton, and James Young. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Sylvia Breamer, Robert Gordon, Winter Hall, Ola Humphrey and Mollie McConnell. The film was released on June 16, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Nigel Barrie•Elsie Ferguson
M'Liss is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Bret Harte story. The film was made previously in 1915 and was remade again in 1922 as The Girl Who Ran Wild, starring Gladys Walton. Another same-titled remake was released in 1936, starring Anne Shirley.
Starring: Wanda Hawley•Renee Adoree•Maureen O'Sullivan
Out of a Clear Sky is a lost 1918 American silent romantic drama film starring Marguerite Clark and directed by Marshall Neilan. Based upon a novel by Maria Thompson Daviess, Famous Players-Lasky produced the film and Paramount Pictures distributed.
Starring: Sylvia Breamer•Maureen O'Sullivan•Alphonse Ethier
Arms and the Girl is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Kaufman and stars Billie Burke. The film is one of the few of director Kaufman's to survive and the earliest known Billie Burke silent to survive.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Joseph W. Smiley
Her Better Self is a 1917 American silent drama film starring Pauline Frederick and Thomas Meighan and directed by Robert G. Vignola. It was produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is now considered lost.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Gladys George
The Land of Promise is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Kaufman and starred Billie Burke and Thomas Meighan. The film is based on the 1913 play The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham, in which Burke starred.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Joseph W. Smiley
The Mysterious Miss Terry is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film stars Billie Burke, who at the time was a famous stage actress, married to Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. This particular story was adapted special to the screen for Burke by writer Gelett Burgess. It is a lost...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Joseph W. Smiley
The Silent Partner is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Marshall Neilan from a screen story by Edmund Goulding and starred Blanche Sweet, who in a few years would marry Marshall Neilan. The film was remade in 1923, and also released by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Robert Gordon•Maureen O'Sullivan
The Slave Market is a 1917 American adventure silent film directed by Hugh Ford and written by Clara Beranger and Frederic Arnold Kummer. Starring Pauline Frederick, Thomas Meighan, Al Hart, Ruby Hoffman and Wellington A. Playter, it was released on January 1, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Gladys George
Sleeping Fires was a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Ford, and starring Pauline Frederick. The film is now considered lost.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Gladys George
The Clown is a lost 1916 American silent drama film starring stage star Victor Moore and directed by William C. deMille. It was produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Martha Mansfield•Faire Binney
Common Ground is a 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, directed by William C. deMille and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is an original story for the screen and stars Thomas Meighan and Marie Doro. A print is held by British Film Institute National Film and Television Archive.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Diana Allen
The Heir to the Hoorah is a surviving 1916 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Jacqueline Logan
Pudd'nhead Wilson is a lost 1916 American comedy silent film directed by Frank Reicher and written by Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Theodore Roberts, Alan Hale, Sr., Thomas Meighan, Florence Dagmar, Jane Wolfe and Ernest Joy. The film was released on January 31, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Alan Hale•Renee Adoree•Maureen O'Sullivan
The Sowers is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, released through Paramount Pictures and directed by William C. deMille. The feature stars Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan and is based on the 1896 novel The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman. It is preserved in the Library of Congress collections.
Starring: Robert Gordon•Maureen O'Sullivan
The Storm is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan. Beatrice deMille and Leighton Osmun provided the story and scenario for the film. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Starring: Robert Gordon•Maureen O'Sullivan
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is based on the 1908 novel and the 1912 play of the same name by Eugene Walter. Charlotte Walker reprised her role from the Broadway production. A copy of the 1916 film survives in the archives of George Eastman House.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Charlotte Walker
Armstrong's Wife is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and written by Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Edna Goodrich, Thomas Meighan, James Cruze, Hal Clements, Ernest Joy and Raymond Hatton. The film was released on November 18, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Sessue Hayakawa•Edna Goodrich•Maureen O'Sullivan
Blackbirds is an extant 1915 American silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film marks an early starring screen appearance by actress Laura Hope Crews in this her second motion picture. The film is based on a 1913 Broadway play, Blackbirds, by Harry James Smith which also starred Crews. This is a ...
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Laura Hope Crews•Valeska Suratt
The Immigrant is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and starring Valeska Suratt, an actress who specialized in playing vamp roles and who was one of Theda Bara's film rivals. The film is now considered lost.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Marjorie Daw
Kindling is a 1915 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlotte Walker, in her film debut. The film is based on a 1911 Broadway play by Charles A. Kenyon which starred Margaret Illington and was produced by her husband Major Bowes, later of radio fame.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Valeska Suratt•Charlotte Walker
Out of the Darkness is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Hector Turnbull. The film stars Charlotte Walker, Thomas Meighan, Marjorie Daw, Hal Clements, Tom Forman and Loyola O'Connor. The film was released on September 9, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Maureen O'Sullivan•Sessue Hayakawa•Charlotte Walker
The Secret Sin is a surviving 1915 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Frank Reicher and starred Blanche Sweet, Thomas Meighan and Sessue Hayakawa. This film often thought lost actually survives at the Library of Congress and along with a few other surviving Lasky features from 1915-17...
Starring: Robert Gordon•Marjorie Daw•Maureen O'Sullivan