The Ragged Edge (film)

The Ragged Edge
Open leaf of the novel with illustration
Directed by	F. Harmon Weight
Written by	Forrest Halsey (adaptation)
Based on	The Ragged Edge by Harold McGrath
Produced by	Distinctive Pictures (founded by George Arliss)
Starring	Alfred Lunt Mona Palma
Cinematography	probably Harry Fischbeck from Lunt's first film Backbone
Distributed by	Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Productions
Release date	June 4, 1923 (1923-06-04)
Running time	7 reels; 6,800 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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.

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, it is a lost film.

See also

• South Seas genre

External links

• The Ragged Edge at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Still at silenthollywood.com