Isaac Nelson (French) is the tight-fisted president of a country bank and owns a farm, where his son Everett (Ray) works long hours every day, even on Sundays. Everett wears his father's cast-off clothes, and after his mother (Knott) buys him a mail order suit, Everett goes to a Fourth of July picnic with his sweetheart Mary Martin (Wilson). The father sees his wife in the field doing the son's work and, after forcing his son home from the picnic, beats him. Everett Nelson runs off to the big city (NYC) and tries to apply for a job as a janitor at a theater. There he meets a showman who puts him in a cabaret as a country dancer, doing a bizarre dance that Everett calls the "clodhopper slide," making $200 a week. Back in his hometown, rumors start to spread about the county bank making poor investments, creating a run on Mr. Nelson's bank. Everett's girlfriend, goes to New York to ask him for help and sways him to return home. Everett saves the bank and he and Mary get married.[1][2][3]
Like many American films of the time, The Clodhopper was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors required one cut of a stamped postcard (the board cut closeups of all envelopes and postcards from films).[4]
^"Reviews: Charles Ray in The Clodhopper". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (1). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 23. 30 June 1917. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
^"Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (3). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 33. 14 July 1917. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
clodhopper, other, uses, clodhopper, clodhopper, disambiguation, 1917, american, comedy, drama, film, from, pictures, starring, charles, margery, wilson, directed, victor, schertzinger, contents, plot, cast, reception, references, external, linksplot, editisaa. For other uses of Clodhopper see Clodhopper disambiguation The Clodhopper is a 1917 American comedy drama film from Kay Bee Pictures starring Charles Ray and Margery Wilson and directed by Victor Schertzinger Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editIsaac Nelson French is the tight fisted president of a country bank and owns a farm where his son Everett Ray works long hours every day even on Sundays Everett wears his father s cast off clothes and after his mother Knott buys him a mail order suit Everett goes to a Fourth of July picnic with his sweetheart Mary Martin Wilson The father sees his wife in the field doing the son s work and after forcing his son home from the picnic beats him Everett Nelson runs off to the big city NYC and tries to apply for a job as a janitor at a theater There he meets a showman who puts him in a cabaret as a country dancer doing a bizarre dance that Everett calls the clodhopper slide making 200 a week Back in his hometown rumors start to spread about the county bank making poor investments creating a run on Mr Nelson s bank Everett s girlfriend goes to New York to ask him for help and sways him to return home Everett saves the bank and he and Mary get married 1 2 3 Cast editCharles Ray Everett Nelson Charles K French Isaac Nelson Everett s Father Margery Wilson Mary Martin Lydia Knott Mrs Nelson Tom Guise Karl SeligmanReception editLike many American films of the time The Clodhopper was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards The Chicago Board of Censors required one cut of a stamped postcard the board cut closeups of all envelopes and postcards from films 4 References edit The Clodhopper 1917 Nuray Pictures The Clodhopper AFI Reviews Charles Ray in The Clodhopper Exhibitors Herald 5 1 New York City Exhibitors Herald Company 23 30 June 1917 Retrieved 2014 11 06 Official Cut Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors Exhibitors Herald 5 3 New York City Exhibitors Herald Company 33 14 July 1917 Retrieved 2014 11 08 External links editThe Clodhopper at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about a comedy drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Clodhopper amp oldid 1218410791, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
