# Yankee Pluck

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{{short description|1917 film directed by George Archainbaud}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =  Yankee Pluck
| image =
| caption =
| director = [George Archainbaud](/source/George_Archainbaud)
| producer =[William A. Brady](/source/William_A._Brady)
| writer = [Willard Mack](/source/Willard_Mack)
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[Ethel Clayton](/source/Ethel_Clayton)|[Montagu Love](/source/Montagu_Love)|[Johnny Hines](/source/Johnny_Hines)}}
| music = 
| cinematography = [Philip Hatkin](/source/Philip_Hatkin)
| editing = 
| studio = [World Film](/source/World_Film)
| distributor = World Film
| released = {{film date|1917|05|21}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = {{ubl|Silent|English [intertitles](/source/intertitles)}}
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Yankee Pluck''''' is a 1917 American [silent](/source/silent_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [George Archainbaud](/source/George_Archainbaud) and starring [Ethel Clayton](/source/Ethel_Clayton), [Montagu Love](/source/Montagu_Love), and [Johnny Hines](/source/Johnny_Hines).<ref>''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 149</ref>

==Cast==
* [Ethel Clayton](/source/Ethel_Clayton) as Polly Pollard 
* [Edward Langford](/source/Edward_Langford) as Lieutenant Richard Travers 
* [Johnny Hines](/source/Johnny_Hines) as Lieutenant Tommy Patterson 
* [Montagu Love](/source/Montagu_Love) as Baron Wootchi 
* [Eric Wayne](/source/Eric_Wayne) as George Henry Singleton 
* [Charles Bowser](/source/Charles_Bowser_(actor)) as John Pollard 
* [Isette Monroe](/source/Isette_Monroe) as Mrs. Madison Derwent

== Production ==
The working title for the film was ''Pretty Polly Pollard'', changed to ''Yankee Pluck'' in early May, 1917.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew153unse |title=Motion Picture News |date= |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=May 5, 1917 |pages=2850 |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
''[Wid's Films and Film Folk](/source/The_Film_Daily)''{{'}}s review was entirely negative, calling the film a "cheap, crude 'meller' without any redeeming feature."<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=http://archive.org/details/widsfilmsfilmfol03wids |title=Wid's Films and Film Folk |date= |publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc. |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=May 24, 1917 |pages=328 |language=en}}</ref>

''[Motion Picture News](/source/Motion_Picture_News)'' reviewer [Peter Milne](/source/Peter_Milne_(screenwriter)) described the film as a "very fair picture." He criticized the plot detail of a Japanese spy seeking submarine plans as being "not at all indicative of good diplomacy," and The Maryland Country Club for looking like a gangsters' hideout.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew153unse |title=Motion Picture News |date= |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=May 26, 1917 |pages=3312 |language=en}}</ref>

''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))''{{'}}s review was mostly positive, praising the artistic efforts despite "there is little or nothing original about the plot." The reviewer also praised the performances of Johnny Hines and Charles Bowser in particular.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url=http://archive.org/details/variety46-1917-05 |title=Variety |date= |publisher=Variety Publishing Company |others= |location=New York City |publication-date=May 11, 1917 |pages=34b |language=en}}</ref>

== Censorship ==
Before ''Yankee Pluck'' could be released in [Kansas](/source/Kansas), the Kansas Board of Review required all scenes of women smoking cigarettes to be eliminated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kansas Board of Review Movie Index - Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kansashistory.gov/statearchives/archives_board_of_reviews/search/film:yankee%20pluck/company:/star:/elimination:/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Kansas Historical Society}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. {{ISBN|0-313-30345-2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0008794}}

{{George Archainbaud}}

Category:1917 American films
Category:1917 drama films
Category:1917 English-language films
Category:1917 films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language drama films
Category:Films directed by George Archainbaud
Category:Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Category:World Film Company films

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