The Ragged Edge (film)

The Ragged Edge is a 1923 American silent South Seas romantic drama film produced by George Arliss with his Distinctive Pictures and distributed by Goldwyn and Cosmopolitan productions. It was directed by F. Harmon Weight and starred Alfred Lunt.[1][2]

The Ragged Edge
Open leaf of the novel with illustration
Directed byF. Harmon Weight
Written byForrest Halsey (adaptation)
Based onThe Ragged Edge
by Harold McGrath
Produced byDistinctive Pictures (founded by George Arliss)
StarringAlfred Lunt
Mona Palma
Cinematographyprobably Harry Fischbeck from Lunt's first film Backbone
Distributed byGoldwyn-Cosmopolitan Productions
Release date
  • June 4, 1923 (1923-06-04)
Running time
7 reels; 6,800 feet
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast
  • Alfred Lunt as Howard Spurlock
  • Mona Palma as Ruth Endicott (credited as Mimi Palmeri)
  • Charles Fang as Ah Cum
  • Wallace Erskine as The quack doctor
  • George MacQuarrie as McClintock
  • Charles Slattery as O'Higgins
  • Christian Frank as The Drunk Wastrel
  • Grace Griswold as Prudence Jedson
  • Alice May as Angelina Jedson
  • Percy Carr as Bartender
  • Marie Day as The Drunk Aunt
  • Charles Kent as Reverend Luther Enschede
  • Hattie Delaro as Mrs. Dalby

Preservation

With no prints of The Ragged Edge located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References
  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Ragged Edge at silentera.com
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Ragged Edge
  3. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Ragged Edge


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