The Lucky Devil
1925 film by Frank Tuttle
- July 13, 1925 (1925-07-13)
Running time
(6 reels; 5,935 feet)
The Lucky Devil is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film, also known as Lucky Devil, directed by Frank Tuttle, and released by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]
Plot
Randy Farman, who demonstrates camping outfits in a department store, wins a racing car in a raffle and sets out for the West. He runs out of gas, loses all his money, and falls in love with a girl called Doris, who, accompanied by her aunt, is on her way to Nampa City to claim an inheritance.
Arriving at their destination, Doris and her aunt discover that the uncle, who sent for them, is locked up in an asylum, having invented the entire story of the bequest. Randy enters an exhibition fight with the champion boxer and stays long enough to win the entrance fee for an automobile race at the county fair. The sheriff has attached Randy's car for nonpayment of a hotel bill, and Randy must drive the entire race with the sheriff in the seat beside him. Randy wins the race, a substantial prize, and Doris' love.
Cast
- Richard Dix as Bill Phelps
- Esther Ralston as Doris Kent
- Edna May Oliver as Aunt Abbie Kent
- Tom Findley as Franklyne Sr.
- Anthony Jowitt as Rudolph Franklyne
- Joseph Burke as the Bicycle Man
- Mary Foy as Mrs. Hunt
- Edward "Gunboat" Smith as Sailor Sheldon
- Charles Sellon as the Constable
- Charles Hammond as Tobias Sedgmore
- Charles McDonald as Tom Barrity
- George Webb as "Frenchy" Roget
- Jack La Rue as a Prizefight Attendant (uncredited)
Preservation status
This film is preserved at the Library of Congress,[3] George Eastman House, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley.[4]
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Lucky Devil
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Lucky Devil at silentera.com
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 108, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Lucky Devil
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Lucky Devil.
- The Lucky Devil at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Lucky Devil at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Lucky Devil at TCM Database
- Review at silentsaregolden.com
- Stills and review at moviessilently.com
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- Youthful Cheaters (1923)
- Puritan Passions (1923)
- Grit (1924)
- Dangerous Money (1924)
- A Kiss in the Dark (1925)
- Miss Bluebeard (1925)
- The Manicure Girl (1925)
- The Lucky Devil (1925)
- Lovers in Quarantine (1925)
- The American Venus (1926)
- The Untamed Lady (1926)
- Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926)
- Kid Boots (1926)
- Blind Alleys (1927)
- One Woman to Another (1927)
- Time to Love (1927)
- The Spotlight (1927)
- Love and Learn (1928)
- Something Always Happens (1928)
- Easy Come, Easy Go (1928)
- Varsity (1928)
- His Private Life (1928)
- Marquis Preferred (1929)
- The Canary Murder Case (1929)
- The Studio Murder Mystery (1929)
- The Greene Murder Case (1929)
- Sweetie (1929)
- Only the Brave (1930)
- Men Are Like That (1930)
- The Benson Murder Case (1930)
- Paramount on Parade (1930)
- True to the Navy (1930)
- Love Among the Millionaires (1930)
- Her Wedding Night (1930)
- It Pays to Advertise (1931)
- No Limit (1931)
- Dude Ranch (1931)
- This Reckless Age (1932)
- This Is the Night (1932)
- The Big Broadcast (1932)
- Dangerously Yours (1933)
- Pleasure Cruise (1933)
- Roman Scandals (1933)
- Ladies Should Listen (1934)
- Springtime for Henry (1934)
- Here Is My Heart (1934)
- All the King's Horses (1935)
- The Glass Key (1935)
- Two for Tonight (1935)
- College Holiday (1936)
- Waikiki Wedding (1937)
- Doctor Rhythm (1938)
- Paris Honeymoon (1939)
- I Stole a Million (1939)
- Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
- Lucky Jordan (1942)
- This Gun for Hire (1942)
- Hostages (1943)
- The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
- Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
- The Great John L. (1945)
- Suspense (1946)
- Swell Guy (1946)
- Gunman in the Streets (1950)
- The Magic Face (1951)
- Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
- A Cry in the Night (1956)
- Island of Lost Women (1959)
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