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Graham Moffat (author of Bunty Pulls The Strings) - Erchie on Servants (Homochord4317) - YouTube. Robert Godridge. 2.12K subscribers. Subscribed. 0. 19 views 4 years ago.
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Bunty Pulls the Strings is a lost [1] 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Leatrice Joy. It is based on the London and Broadway play by Graham Moffat. [2] On stage the part of Bunty was played and made famous by Molly Pearson.
Moffat formed a Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow in 1907 after his wife Maggie Moffat was arrested at a protest in London and imprisoned for refusing to pay the fine. He is known for his 1910 comedy Bunty Pulls the Strings which was a hit on Broadway.
bunty pulls the strings this scotch picture of home life which is much the same the world over has made so sweeping a success as to be hailed by pro fessional critics and the public alike as the greatest comedy of our day such are its innocence and character that the very simplicity and charm of it have compelled comparisons with the little ...
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- Bunty pulls the strings
- Princess Theatre (Chicago, Ill.)
Bunty Pulls the Strings: Directed by Reginald Barker. With Leatrice Joy, Russell Simpson, Raymond Hatton, Cullen Landis. Bunty Biggar, sister of Rab and Jeemy and daughter of Tammas, a stern church elder in a small Scottish village, subtly controls all three through diplomatic tactics.
- Reginald Barker
- 1921-01-02
- Comedy
- 70
Moffat wrote for Scottish actors and audiences with a vision of establishing a Scottish national theatre. His most successful comedy, ‘Bunty Pulls the Strings’ (1910), was a worldwide hit - most spectacularly in London’s West End and on Broadway.
A woman named Bunty Bigger struggles to keep her family in line in a small Scottish village. For one, her brother Jeemy faces jail time for robbing a bank. Meanwhile, her father, Tammas, pays back the stolen money with funds given him by Susie Simpson, a woman who hopes to marry him.
