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| ~Tillie The Toiler~ 1927 |
| ~297-78: George K. Arthur, Marion Davies & Harry Crocker~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Marion Davies has the lead role of Tillie in this adaptation of Russ Westover's popular 1920s comic strip.
Tillie is bored by both her job as a stenographer and her office romance with Mr. Whipple (George K.
Arthur). She's far more interested in another man in the office, Mac (Matt Moore). Mac, however, does
not seem a likely candidate for advancement, and Tillie is an ambitious girl. She thinks she has found her
ticket when she meets the wealthy Pennington Fish (Harry Crocker). After one date, Tillie gets engaged
to Fish. But Tillie and Mac really belong together, and after she goes back to him, he gets a promotion.
Harry Crocker, who played Pennington Fish, was an especially good friend of Marion's, and he
frequently worked as a personal aide to her companion, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
In the book, The Times We Had, Marion claims that she made this film and The Red Mill at the same time
by doing day and nighttime shifts. Tillie the Toiler was reported as being one of the twenty-five
top-grossing films of 1927, disproving the myth that Marion's films were inevitably financial flops. Her
next film, The Fair Co-Ed, did even better.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
Tillie is bored by both her job as a stenographer and her office romance with Mr. Whipple (George K.
Arthur). She's far more interested in another man in the office, Mac (Matt Moore). Mac, however, does
not seem a likely candidate for advancement, and Tillie is an ambitious girl. She thinks she has found her
ticket when she meets the wealthy Pennington Fish (Harry Crocker). After one date, Tillie gets engaged
to Fish. But Tillie and Mac really belong together, and after she goes back to him, he gets a promotion.
Harry Crocker, who played Pennington Fish, was an especially good friend of Marion's, and he
frequently worked as a personal aide to her companion, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
In the book, The Times We Had, Marion claims that she made this film and The Red Mill at the same time
by doing day and nighttime shifts. Tillie the Toiler was reported as being one of the twenty-five
top-grossing films of 1927, disproving the myth that Marion's films were inevitably financial flops. Her
next film, The Fair Co-Ed, did even better.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
| Directed by: Hobart Henley Written by: A.P. Younger Titles: Ralph Spence Based on a story by Agnes Christine Johnston, Edward T. Lowe Jr. & Russ Westover |
| ~Cast~ Marion Davies ... Tillie Jones Matt Moore ... Mac Harry Crocker ... Pennington Fish George Fawcett ... Mr. Simpkins George K. Arthur ... Mr. Whipple Estelle Clark ... Sadie Bert Roach ... Bill Gertrude Short ... Bubbles Claire McDowell ... Ma Jones Arthur Hoyt ... Mr. Smythe Turner Savage ... Chubby boy James Murray ... One of Tillie's Admirers in Restaurant (uncredited) |
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| ~297-33: George K. Arthur & Marion Davies~ |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced & Released by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cinematography by: William H. Daniels Film Editing by: Daniel J. Gray Art Direction by: Cedric Gibbons & David Townsend Costume Design by: André-ani Length: 7 Reels Runtime: 70 Minutes Released: June 5, 1927 Filmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA |
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