The Varmint (1917)
John Humperdink Stover, otherwise known as "The Varmint" for his pestiferousness or as "Dink" when in special favor, was expelled from a boarding school and sent to Lawrenceville Academy. On the stage on the way to the school he meets a silent man whom Dink sizes up for a salesman and he proceeds to wax eloquent on the subject of his past career and the reason he was expelled from his previous school.
Director: William Desmond Taylor
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Jack Pickford as John Humperdink Stover |
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Louise Huff as Laura |
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Theodore Roberts as A Roman |
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Henry Malvern as Tough McCarty |
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Ben Suslow as White Mountain Canary |
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Milton Schumann as Caramel-Colored Angel |
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Maurice Kessell as Cheyenne Baxter |
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Maxfield Stanley as Doc MacNooder |
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Robert Gordon as Tennessee Shad |
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Edward Sedgwick as Butsey White |
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Tom Bates as Al |
| Directing | William Desmond Taylor | Director |
| Writing | Owen Johnson | Novel |
| Writing | Gardner Hunting | Writer |
| Camera | Homer Scott | Director of Photography |