The Lucky Devil
About The Lucky Devil
Randy Farman, who demonstrates camping outfits in a department store, wins a racing car in a raffle and starts west, where he runs out of gas, loses his money, and falls in love with Doris McDee. She and her aunt are bound for Nampa City and an inheritance that her uncle, locked in an asylum, invented. Randy stays in an exhibition bout long enough to earn the entry fee for a county-fair auto race. The sheriff has seized the car over a hotel bill, so Randy drives with the sheriff beside him. He wins the race, the prize, and Doris.
Cast & crew
More about The Lucky Devil
Frank Tuttle directed the comedy for Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. Townsend Martin wrote the scenario from a story by Byron Morgan. Julian Boone Fleming was art director. Paramount released it on July 13, 1925, after a New York opening on July 5. Famous Players-Lasky copyrighted it on August 10, 1925 (LP21721). Some contemporary notices call it Lucky Devil.
Themes
Look
Alvin Wyckoff photographed the six-reel comedy, including the county-fair auto race.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
Silent Era reports that a print exists and that the film is public domain in the United States.
Notes
- Richard Dix plays Randy Farman. Esther Ralston plays Doris McDee. Edna May Oliver plays Mrs. McDee. Silent Era spells the surname McGee.
- Tom Findley plays Franklyne Sr. Anthony Jowitt plays Rudolph Franklyne. Joseph Burke plays the professor. Mary Foy plays Mrs. Hunt.
- Gunboat" Smith plays Sailor Sheldon. Charles Sellon plays the sheriff. C. Norman Hammond plays Tobias Sedgmore. Charles McDonald plays Tom Barrity. George Webb plays "Frenchy" Roget. Eddie James plays "Dutch" Oldham.
- The print is six reels, 5,935 feet.
- The National Board of Review passed it.
Scenes
- Randy wins a racing car in a raffle and runs out of gas on the way west.
- Doris and her aunt find the uncle locked in an asylum. He invented the inheritance.
- Randy races with the sheriff in the seat beside him and wins.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-lucky-devil)
