Santussa is sent to New York to be cared by for her grandfather. She is sent with jewels, and after being separated from her nurse, is cared for by gangsters.Santussa is sent to New York to be cared by for her grandfather. She is sent with jewels, and after being separated from her nurse, is cared for by gangsters.Santussa is sent to New York to be cared by for her grandfather. She is sent with jewels, and after being separated from her nurse, is cared for by gangsters.
Baby Peggy
- Santussa
- (as Baby Peggy Montgomery)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
- The Ross Kid
- (as Junior Coughlan)
Spec O'Donnell
- Willie
- (as Walter 'Spec' O'Donnell)
Bertram Anderson-Smith
- Bice
- (as Anderson Smith)
Storyline
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- TriviaIn one climactic scene, Santussa (Baby Peggy) escapes from a burning room. According to Diana Serra Cary (the actress), who describes the shoot in her autobiography, Santussa's on-screen panic was real. When the scene was filmed, all of the windows and doors to the room set were ignited, including, accidentally, the one that was to have been her escape route. Without a safe exit and without guidance from neither the director nor her father on the other side of the camera, the 3½-year-old was forced to carefully climb over a burning windowsill to leave the set.
- GoofsDuring the climactic fire sequence at the end of the film, the fire is intercut with footage of horse-drawn fire trucks racing to the rescue. The footage of the fire trucks is clearly footage shot during the day, but the fire takes place at night.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
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Brown-Eyed Girl
Adorable five-year-old Italian orphan "Baby" Peggy Montgomery (as Santussa) sails to America to live with her grandfather, but "The Darling of New York" innocently becomes involved with the city's seedy underworld. Universal gave their short star a bigger budget for this successful feature, which is unfortunately lost. The climactic fire scene has been preserved, however. We pick up the action with little "Santussa" being cared for by kind-hearted Gladys Brockwell (as "Light-Fingered" Kitty). Police raid her gang's hideout and a fire breaks out. This exciting sequence can be found on Flicker Alley's "Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films" (2011) and has been shown on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). In one of that complication's highlights, surviving child star Diana Serra Cary aka "Baby Peggy" recalls how the fire blazed out of control. At age 93, she's still a darling.
***** The Darling of New York (12/3/23) King Baggot ~ "Baby" Peggy Montgomery, Gladys Brockwell, Carl Stockdale, Pat Hartigan
***** The Darling of New York (12/3/23) King Baggot ~ "Baby" Peggy Montgomery, Gladys Brockwell, Carl Stockdale, Pat Hartigan
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- Jan 12, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was The Darling of New York (1923) officially released in Canada in English?
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