Tessie (film)

1925 film

Tessie
Directed by	Dallas M. Fitzgerald
Written by	Sewell Ford
Starring	May McAvoy Robert Agnew Lee Moran
Cinematography	Merritt B. Gerstad
Production company	Arrow Film Corporation
Distributed by	Arrow Film Corporation
Release date	September 18, 1925 (1925年09月18日)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Tessie is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald and starring May McAvoy, Robert Agnew, and Lee Moran.^[1]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,^[2] a young woman who works as a cigar counter clerk in a hotel is abandoned by her sweetheart when he graduates from a mechanic's job to a sales position. She accepts the attentions of a rich youth in a spirit of revenge directed toward her former suitor. The youth thrashes the ex-mechanic and elopes with the young woman, who is well enough pleased with the outcome of her two romances.

Cast

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May McAvoy as Tessie
Robert Agnew as Roddy Wells
Lee Moran as Barney Taylor
Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Wells
Gertrude Short as Mame McQuire
Mary Gordon as Aunt Maggie
Walter Perry as Uncle Dan

References

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^ Munden p. 792
^ "New Pictures: Tessie", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 59, October 31, 1925, retrieved November 3, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.