The Snob Buster

1925 film

Reed Howes
Wilfred Lucas
George B. French

CinematographyRoss Fisher

Production
company

Harry J. Brown Productions

Distributed byRayart Pictures

Release date

May 19, 1925 (1925-05-19)

Running time

5 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Snob Buster is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Reed Howes, Wilfred Lucas, and George B. French.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Theodore Pendergast, the only son in a wealthy Boston family, goes to training camp. A few years later, he returns as a regular guy. With him comes his buddy Butch McGuire, an ex-prize fighter. His family treats Butch with disdain, and insist upon their son undergoing an examination from four mental specialists. They recommend that he go to a private sanitarium. Ted rebels, and goes to live with Butch. He falls in love with the former fighter's sister Molly. To prove his love, he engages in a prize fight his rival, Kid Lowry, in which he is the victor.

Cast

Reed Howes as Ted Pendergast
Wilfred Lucas as John Pendergast
George B. French as Uncle Tobias
David Kirby as Butch McGuire
Gloria Grey as Molly McGuire
W. Ray Johnston as Kid Lowry
Max Asher as Schultz

References

^ Darby p. 153
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Snob Buster at silentera.com
^ "New Pictures: The Snob Buster", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (7): 73, May 9, 1925, retrieved February 7, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8108-2454-X

External links

The Snob Buster at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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Films directed by Albert S. Rogell

1920s

The Greatest Menace (1923)
Galloping Gallagher (1924)
The Mask of Lopez (1924)
North of Nevada (1924)
The Fighting Sap (1924)
The Dangerous Coward (1924)
The Silent Stranger (1924)
Thundering Hoofs (1924)
Geared to Go (1924)
Lightning Romance (1924)
Easy Money (1925)
Super Speed (1925)
Cyclone Cavalier (1925)
The Snob Buster (1925)
Goat Getter (1925)
The Fear Fighter (1925)
The Knockout Kid (1925)
Crack o' Dawn (1925)
The Circus Cyclone (1925)
Fighting Fate (1925)
Youth's Gamble (1925)
The Patent Leather Pug (1925)
Men of the Night (1926)
Senor Daredevil (1926)
The Unknown Cavalier (1926)
The Man from the West (1926)
Red Hot Leather (1926)
The Fighting Three (1927)
The Overland Stage (1927)
The Western Whirlwind (1927)
Somewhere in Sonora (1927)
Grinning Guns (1927)
The Sunset Derby (1927)
The Western Rover (1927)
Men of Daring (1927)
The Devil's Saddle (1927)
The Red Raiders (1927)
Rough and Ready (1927)
The Canyon of Adventure (1928)
The Upland Rider (1928)
The Phantom City (1928)
The Glorious Trail (1928)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1928)
Cheyenne (1929)
The California Mail (1929)
The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929)
Painted Faces (1929)
The Flying Marine (1929)

1930s

1940s

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Argentine Nights (1940)
Private Affairs (1940)
Li'l Abner (1940)
The Black Cat (1941)
Sailors on Leave (1941)
Public Enemies (1941)
Tight Shoes (1941)
Jail House Blues (1942)
Sleepytime Gal (1942)
Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
True to the Army (1942)
Priorities on Parade (1942)
Youth on Parade (1942)
Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)
The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
Northwest Stampede (1948)
Song of India (1949)

1950s

The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Before I Wake (1955)

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