Beauty and the Bad Man is a lost 1925 American silent Western film directed by William Worthington and starring Mabel Ballin, Forrest Stanley, and Russell Simpson.[1][2]
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| Directed by | William Worthington |
| Written by | Richard Schayer Frank E. Woods |
| Based on | "Cornflower Cassie's Concert" by Peter B. Kyne |
| Starring | Mabel Ballin Forrest Stanley Russell Simpson |
Production company | Peninsula Studios |
| Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine review,[3] Cassie, an orphan with vocal abilities, enters the mining town after fleeing from her worthless husband of one day. She meets the gambler, who likes her and stakes her with the money he won after breaking the bank. She uses the money to cultivate her voice, and then returns to the mining town famous. Her old husband wants her to return, and when she refuses he fires a gun, but he is late and is winged by a friend of the gambler. Cassie then realizes her love for the gambler.
Cast
edit- Mabel Ballin as Cassie
- Forrest Stanley as Madoc Bill
- Russell Simpson as Chuckwalla Bill
- George Beranger as L.I.B. Bell
- Edna Mae Cooper as Mayme
- James Gordon as Gold Hill Cassidy
Preservation
editWith no prints of Beauty and the Bad Man located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.
References
edit- ^ Munden, Kenneth White (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 46. ISBN 0520209699.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Beauty and the Bad Man at silentera.com. November 18, 2022.
- ^ "New Pictures: Beauty and the Bad Man". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 21, no. 9. May 23, 1925. p. 129. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Beauty and the Bad Man Library of Congress Retrieved November 18, 2022.
External links
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- Beauty and the Bad Man at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lantern slide at silenthollywood.com