''Ermine and Rhinestones'' is a 1925 silent film, written by Louise Winter, and directed by Burton L. King

Synopsis

Billy Kershaw, the son of a manufacturer in a small western town, comes to

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on business. He becomes engaged to wealthy Peggy Rice, a member of the modern jazz set, who prefers to "play the field" with other men. Sometime before, Billy had sent Jim Gorman to jail for theft, causing Gorman's girl, Minette Christie, to leave town. At a fashion show, Peggy persuades Billy to buy her an ermine wrap, trimmed with rhinestones, which is modeled by a girl who turns out to be Minette. Billy realizes that Peggy is no more than a gold digger and breaks the engagement. Gorman shows up and attempts to kill Minette, for he believes she turned him in. Billy, however, defeats Gorman in a fight, and at the very last minute saves ''Minette'' from being gassed to death in her apartment. Billy comes to realize that Minette is the girl for him.

Cast

* Edna Murphy as Minnette Christie *

Niles Welch Niles Eugene Welch (July 29, 1888 – November 21, 1976) was an American performer on Broadway, and a leading man in a number of silent and early talking motion pictures from the early 1910s through the 1930s. Early life A native of Hartfor ...

as Billy Kershaw *

Ruth Stonehouse Ruth Stonehouse (September 28, 1892 – May 12, 1941) was an actress and film director during the silent film era. Her stage career started at the age of eight as a dancer in Arizona shows. Early life Ruth Stonehouse was born to James Wesley ...

as Peggy Rice * Coit Albertson as Pierce Ferring *

Sally Crute Sally Crute (born Sally C. Kirby, June 27, 1886 – August 12, 1971) was an American actress of the silent film era. Biography Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, before entering motion pictures Crute performed on stage. Crute was generally ca ...

as Alys Ferring * Bradley Barker as Jim Gorman * Marguerite McNulty as Nita Frost

External links

* 1925 films American black-and-white films 1925 drama films American silent feature films Films directed by Burton L. King Silent American drama films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub