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| ~Welcome Stranger~ 1924 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Elderly Isadore Solomon (Dore Davidson) arrives in the small New England town of Valley Falls, but is
run out of the hotel because he is Jewish. Also driven out is Mary Clark (Florence Vidor), who arrives the
same night. They are taken in by Clem Beemis, a handyman and electrician (William V. Mong). Beemis
wants to build an electrical plant for the town, and he gets Solomon involved in his plans. The leading
citizens oppose it, but then Ned Tyler (Lloyd Hughes), son of the town banker (Fred J. Butler), falls in love
with Mary. They lease the falls in Mary's name, but the citizen's try to dig up dirt on Mary's past. In spite
of all the battles, the underdogs emerge victorious, and Valley Falls benefits from the new plant. Ned
weds Mary, and the townsfolk give Solomon a well-deserved apology.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
run out of the hotel because he is Jewish. Also driven out is Mary Clark (Florence Vidor), who arrives the
same night. They are taken in by Clem Beemis, a handyman and electrician (William V. Mong). Beemis
wants to build an electrical plant for the town, and he gets Solomon involved in his plans. The leading
citizens oppose it, but then Ned Tyler (Lloyd Hughes), son of the town banker (Fred J. Butler), falls in love
with Mary. They lease the falls in Mary's name, but the citizen's try to dig up dirt on Mary's past. In spite
of all the battles, the underdogs emerge victorious, and Valley Falls benefits from the new plant. Ned
weds Mary, and the townsfolk give Solomon a well-deserved apology.
Plot Synopsis by Janiss Garza, AllMovie.com
| Directed by: James Young Written by: H.H. Caldwell - titles Katherine Hilliker - titles Willard Mack - adaptation James Young - adaptation Based on the play "Welcome Stranger," by Aaron Hoffman (New York, 13 Sep 1920). |
| ~Cast~ Dore Davidson ... Isadore Solomon Florence Vidor ... Mary Clark Virginia Brown Faire ... Essie Solomon Noah Beery ... Icabod Whitson Lloyd Hughes ... Ned Tyler Robert Edeson ... Eb Hooker William V. Mong ... Clem Beemis Otis Harlan ... Seth Trimble Fred J. Butler ... Gideon Tyler Pat Hartigan ... Detective |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: Belasco Productions Distribution Company: Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC) Cinematography by: Georges Benoît Length: 7 Reels Runtime: 70 Minutes Released: August 24, 1924 |
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| ~186-12: Noah Beery, Robert Edeson, Dore Davidson, William V. Mong, Fred J. Butler & Otis Harlan~ |
| ~186-14: Virginia Brown Faire & Dore Davidson~ |
| ~186-16: Virginia Brown Faire & Dore Davidson~ |
| ~186-32: Noah Beery, Dore Davidson, Robert Edeson, Florence Vidor, William V. Mong, Fred J. Butler & Otis Harlan~ |
| ~186-36: William V. Mong, Dore Davidson & Florence Vidor~ |
| ~186-39: William V. Mong, Dore Davidson, Florence Vidor & Lloyd Hughes~ |
| ~186-41: Dore Davidson, Florence Vidor, William V. Mong & Lloyd Hughes~ |
| ~186-43: Dore Davidson & Florence Vidor~ |
| ~186-46: Lloyd Hughes & Florence Vidor~ |
| ~186-53: Noah Beery, William V. Mong, Dore Davidson & Virginia Brown Faire~ |
| ~186-55: Noah Beery & Virginia Brown Faire~ |
| ~186-59: Lloyd Hughes, Florence Vidor & Dore Davidson~ |
| ~186-69: Dore Davidson, Virginia Brown Faire, Lloyd Hughes, Florence Vidor & William V. Mong~ |
| ~186-74: Otis Harlan, Dore Davidson, Robert Edeson, Virginia Brown Faire, William V. Mong, Fred J. Butler, Florence Vidor & Lloyd Hughes~ |
| ~186-77: Lloyd Hughes & Florence Vidor~ |
