Edward Peil Jr.
Actor · 1907 – 1962 · Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Edward Peil Jr. was born on November 18, 1907 in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The College Coquette (1929), The Little Yellow House (1928) and The Goose Hangs High (1925). He died on November 7, 1962 in San Andreas, California, USA.
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Movie8.0MysteryDramaNewspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Citizen Kane
1941 · 6.2K votes
Movie6.7CrimeDramaIn 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Call Northside 777
1948 · 181 votes
Movie10.0DramaWhen rich Jack Talbot falls in love with not-rich Rose Kirby, he doesn't marry her, fearing his mother's disapproval. Rose later marries Clyde Bainbridge, a rotter who knows that under the terms of a secret contract, Rose will inherit the Talbot iron-works. Rose finds the contract but, mistrusting her husband, does not make use of it.
Rose of the World
1925 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyEdgar from the city goes to visit his country cousin and at once begins to impress him and his gang with the superiority of life and ways in the city. His brave effort to go barefoot "like we do in the city" causes him much pain, and everything he attempts to demonstrate the city's superiority has disastrous results. However, a black eye, a face full of bee-stings, and the general bawling-out of the gang fails to conquer him, and he declares that he is having a bully time. This silent comedy short is presumably lost.
Edgar's Country Cousin
1921 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAmong other Christmas gifts, Edgar receives a tool chest containing a little saw. While he is out displaying some of his other presents to the boy next door, little brother Charlie saws up everything in the house, furniture, hats, and at length attempts operations on the cat. Edgar gets the blame, and is being kept from his sweetheart's party as punishment, when Charlie's guilt is discovered. This film is presumably lost.
Edgar's Little Saw
1920 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyEdgar is called upon by his mother to execute a disagreeable errand, has to mind his troublesome younger brother, and runs away.
Edgar's Jonah Day
1920 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyRomanceHaving a municipal position, Bernard Ingals has almost bankrupted himself sending his three children to college. The youngsters all arrive home for Christmas Eve, and their parents do their utmost to give them a good time, but the thoughtless and selfish children make other plans and go to a party, leaving their parents to a lonely dinner. A member of the common council arrives at the Ingals home and orders Bernard to reinstate a municipal employee who has been dismissed; Bernard refuses and submits his resignation. The grandmother, a strong-minded old lady, then sets out to put things right: she stakes Bernard to his life-long dream, a greenhouse of his own, and then lectures the children on their thoughtless and profligate ways. The children reform and get jobs, and the goose hangs high at last.
The Goose Hangs High
1925 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyEdgar delivers a cake to his sister's ill friend. The cake arrives safely, but not sound, and Edgar is taken to task for his careless handling of the article.
Edgar Takes the Cake
1920 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaRomanceEmmy Milburn must decide. Should she go back to the life she had dared so much to lose, or should she pay the price and live in luxury?
The Little Yellow House
1928 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThe story of Edgar Pomeroy, the first in a series, in which the boy Edgar imagines himself the triumphant master of his fate, revenging himself on a scornful young female classmate. But then the real events are seen in contrast with the ones Edgar has created in his mind.
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920 · 1 votes
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Movie7.5ComedyA "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Out All Night
1933 · 2 votes
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Episode 11 of the series of 2-reel comedies “The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy”.
Edgar's Feast Day
1921 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyDramaThe Family Upstairs
1926 · 1 votes
Movie5.0ComedyRomanceThe Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
Over the Goal
1937 · 3 votes
Movie10.0DramaRomanceBetty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.
The College Coquette
1929 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyEdgar buys a badge and a book of instructions and starts to learn the detective business. When he and his chum accompany his uncle's hired hand and his girl to town on a load of hay, and learn that a stop at the minister's means a marriage and not a murder, the two boys are sadly disappointed.
Edgar, the Detective
1921 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyOn the way to Sunday school, Edgar meets the lady of his heart--and his hated rival. The Sunday-school lesson on David and Goliath so intrigues Edgar that he sees himself as David, saving the entire school, sweetheart and rival included, from Goliath's sword. Edgar's answer to the teacher's question proves his straying thoughts. As a result he is placed on the platform, where he sees himself descending to the "lower regions" as the "worst boy in the school." Edgar's Sunday adventures end with him at peace with the world, after two helpings of pie.
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
1920 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyEdgar and his chum try to amass a fortune in one day by cornering the fan market on a hot afternoon when the circus comes to the small town where they are spending their vacation. Episode 8 of the series of 2-reel comedies "The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy".
Get Rich Quick Edgar
1920 · 1 votes
Movie5.3ActionDramaIn the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that has been especially effective in attacking Allied shipping. Posing as a harmless schooner, the mystery ship is in fact fitted with a formidable gun capable of sinking a U-boat. Stopping in the Canary Islands to refuel, the crew interacts with locals involved with Germans, and with Germans themselves, including the sister of the U-Boat commander, who is lurking offshore waiting for the coming battle.
Seas Beneath
1931 · 10 votes
Movie10.0ComedyEdgar and his schoolmates put on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet such as the townsfolk have never seen.
Edgar's Hamlet
1920 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaA mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and successes fill her life, but she grows lonely without them. Then when one of the children has a surprise to announce, they all return home to be with their mother.
The Old Nest
1921 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyEdgar is about to lose the lady of his heart because the Bates boys have been given a complete camping outfit for their back yard: tent, stove, and everything. However, Edgar soon rallies and organizes a side show, displaying the greatest freaks on earth. This soon draws attention from the Bates boys, and Edgar is himself again, until that night when he camps out in the sideshow tent. Then the spooks hover about and Edgar is carried shrieking into the house by his father. This film is presumably lost.
Edgar Camps Out
1920 · 1 votes