The Lucky Devil – Silent (1925)

Description

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 Randy Farnum
• Esther Ralston as Doris McDee
• Edna May Oliver as Mrs. McDee
• Tom Findley as Franklyne Sr.
• Anthony Jowitt as Rudolph Franklyne
• Joseph Burke as the professor
• Mary Foy as Mrs. Hunt
• Edward “Gunboat” Smith as Sailor Sheldon
• Charles Sellon as the Sheriff
• Charles Hammond as Tobias Sedgmore
• Charles McDonald as Tom Barrity
• George Webb as “Frenchy” Roget
• Jack La Rue as a Prizefight Attendant (uncredited)