''Beauty and the Bad Man'' is a 1925 American
silent Western
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film directed by
William Worthington and starring
Mabel Ballin
Mabel Ballin (née Croft; January 1, 1885 – July 24, 1958), was an American motion-picture actress of the silent film era.
Early life and career
Mabel Croft was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 1, 1885. Some sources give 1887 as h ...
,
Forrest Stanley
Forrest Stanley (August 21, 1889 – August 27, 1969) was an American actor and screenplay writer best known for his work in silent film. He is particularly known for his role as Charles Brandon in the historical film '' When Knighthood Was in ...
, and
Russell Simpson.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, 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
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. 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
Preservation
With no prints of ''Beauty and the Bad Man'' located in any film archives,
Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Beauty and the Bad Man''
Library of Congress
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Retrieved November 18, 2022. it is a lost film
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Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
References
External links
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Lantern slide
at silenthollywood.com
{{William Worthington
1925 Western (genre) films
Films directed by William Worthington
American black-and-white films
Producers Distributing Corporation films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer
Films about orphans