A Small Town Idol
1939-02-11 | Comedy
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In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim Jones, wants Mary for himself. Jim uses a publicity still that Sam sent away for against him to show Sam the cad in the eyes of Mary. Disgraced and without Mary, Sam leaves town and heads for Hollywood to redeem himself. Despite not being typical leading man material, Sam is able to make a success of it in Hollywood, and wants to return to Sleepytown a new man and to get Mary back. But Jim will not give Mary up without a fight, he using any means, including lying, to turn the town, including Mary, against Sam, their newly beloved hometown son. This 1939 version was re-edited from a 1921 film with added sound.
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The casts of A Small Town Idol are Ben Turpin starring as Sam Smith, Phyllis Haver starring as Mary Brown, Ramon Novarro starring as Dancer, Marie Prevost starring as Marcelle.
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim Jones, wants Mary for himself. Jim uses a publicity still that Sam sent away for against him to show Sam the cad in the eyes of Mary. Disgraced and without Mary, Sam leaves town and heads for Hollywood to redeem himself. Despite not being typical leading man material, Sam is able to make a success of it in Hollywood, and wants to return to Sleepytown a new man and to get Mary back. But Jim will not give Mary up without a fight, he using any means, including lying, to turn the town, including Mary, against Sam, their newly beloved hometown son. This 1939 version was re-edited from a 1921 film with added sound..
On October 04, 2024, there were 1867 public reaction to A Small Town Idol including impressionistic, with anecdotal evidence, precise directing, slacker, interpersonal relation.
The runtime of A Small Town Idol is 21 minutes.
On October 04, 2024, the IMDB rating of A Small Town Idol is 5.2/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 0/100, Metacritic rating is 0/100, TMDB rating is 0.0/10.
The genre of A Small Town Idol is Comedy.
The director of A Small Town Idol is Erle C. Kenton.
The release date of A Small Town Idol is February 11, 1939.