The Custard Cup

"A New Happy Type of Story BRIGHT AS SUNSHINE! HAPPY AS BLUEBIRDS!"

1923 1h 10m EN

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MASTERPIECE

★10.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Mrs. Penfield, better known as Penzie, is one of the inhabitants of a tenement neighborhood known as "the Custard Cup" because of its oval shape. Penzie is a widow who lost both her husband and son in the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919. She has found fulfillment by taking in three orphans. One of the Custard Cup's other residents is a counterfeiter, and when the police are too hot on his trail, he leaves a package with Penzie and sets a boat aflame when he tries to destroy some phony bills. When the gang is rounded up, Penzie -- who has been looking for one of her adopted children -- is found at the hideout and arrested.

“A New Happy Type of Story BRIGHT AS SUNSHINE! HAPPY AS BLUEBIRDS!”

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Cast

Mary Carr
Mrs. Penfield
Myrta Bonillas
Gussie Bosley
Miriam Battista
Lettie
Jerry Devine
Crink
Ernest McKay
Thad
Peggy Shaw
Lorene Percy
Lisle Leigh
Mrs. Percy
Fred Esmelton
Jeremiah Winston

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Herbert Brenon
Writers: G. Marion Burton
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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103 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Mary Carr and Myrta Bonillas and Miriam Battista carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A New Happy Type of Story BRIGHT AS SUNSHINE! HAPPY AS BLUEBIRDS!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0013963 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Herbert Brenon directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2103 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Mary Carr and Myrta Bonillas and Miriam Battista carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "A New Happy Type of Story BRIGHT AS SUNSHINE! HAPPY AS BLUEBIRDS!".
6IMDB entry: tt0013963 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.