A Small Town Idol

A Small Town Idol is a 1921 American silent film feature comedy produced by Mack Sennett and released through Associated First National. The film stars Ben Turpin and was made and acted by many of the same Sennett personnel from his previous years Down on the Farm. Sennett and Erle C. Kenton directed. This was Ramon Novarros seventh film, where he was billed as Ramon Samaniegos.

Sam Turpin leaves town after being falsely accused of a crime and becomes a film star in Hollywood working with actress Marcelle Mansfield Prevost. He returns to his home town hailed as a hero where one of his films is shown in the theater. His rival Jones Finlayson, who wants Sams girlfriend Mary Haver, frames Sam for the shooting of Marys father. Just as the townspeople are about to lynch Sam, Mary arrives to prove Sams innocence and the two are reconciled.

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