
Peggy
Comedy
Overview
The heroine, Peggy Cameron, is a high-society debutante with a mind of her own. After making a public spectacle of herself once too often, Peggy is bundled off to Scotland, where she is to be looked after by her no-nonsense uncle Andrew Cameron (William H. Thompson). If Peggy's family had hoped that she would straighten up and behave herself in Scotland, they were sorely mistaken. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive with restoration funding provided by the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.
Top Cast


Billie Burke
Billie Burke
Peggy Cameron
Billie Burke
Peggy Cameron


William H. Thompson
William H. Thompson
Andrew Cameron
William H. Thompson
Andrew Cameron


William Desmond
William Desmond
Rev. Donald Bruce
William Desmond
Rev. Donald Bruce


Charles Ray
Charles Ray
Colin Cameron
Charles Ray
Colin Cameron


Nona Thomas
Nona Thomas
Janet McLeod
Nona Thomas
Janet McLeod


Gertrude Claire
Gertrude Claire
Mrs. Cameron
Gertrude Claire
Mrs. Cameron


Truly Shattuck
Truly Shattuck
Mrs. Van Allyn
Truly Shattuck
Mrs. Van Allyn


Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey
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