Drifting (film)
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Drifting is a 1923 drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Tod Browning
Tod Browning
Tod Browning was an American motion picture actor, director and screenwriter.Browning's career spanned the silent and talkie eras...

 and featuring Wallace Beery
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...

 in a supporting role. The movie was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...

. Priscilla Dean
Priscilla Dean
Priscilla Dean was an American actress popular in movies as well as in theatre.-Life and career:Born in New York to an active theatrical family , Priscilla Dean made her stage debut at the age of four, appearing in plays starring her parents...

 is the main female antagonist.
The film is based on a Broadway stage play, Drifting, performed at the Playhouse Theatre January 2, 1922 to February 1922 for a total of 63 performances. In the play Dean's part was played by Alice Brady
Alice Brady
Alice Brady was an American actress who began her career in the silent film era and survived the transition into talkies. She worked up until six months before her death from cancer in 1939...

 who costarred with Robert Warwick and a young Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....

, billed as H.D. Bogart.

Cast

  • Priscilla Dean
    Priscilla Dean
    Priscilla Dean was an American actress popular in movies as well as in theatre.-Life and career:Born in New York to an active theatrical family , Priscilla Dean made her stage debut at the age of four, appearing in plays starring her parents...

     - Cassie Cook / Lucille Preston
  • Matt Moore - Capt. Arthur Jarvis
  • Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Fitzgerald Beery was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in Min and Bill opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in Treasure Island, as Pancho Villa in Viva Villa!, and his titular role in The Champ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...

     - Jules Repin
  • J. Farrell MacDonald
    J. Farrell MacDonald
    Joseph Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. MacDonald, who was sometimes billed as "John Farrell Macdonald", "J.F...

     - Murphy
  • Rose Dione
    Rose Dione
    Rose Dione was a French born actress of the silent era. She appeared in 68 films between 1910 and 1932. She was often billed as Madame Rose or Madame Dion...

     - Madame Polly Voo
  • Edna Tichenor - Molly Norton
  • William V. Mong
    William V. Mong
    William V. Mong was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in 195 films between 1910 and 1939.He was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and died in Studio City, California.-Selected filmography:...

     - Dr. Li
  • Anna May Wong
    Anna May Wong
    Anna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...

     - Rose Li
  • Bruce Guerin - Billy Hepburn
  • Marie De Albert - Mrs. Hepburn
  • William F. Moran - Mr. Hepburn
  • Frank Lanning
    Frank Lanning
    Frank Lanning was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1910 and 1934.He was born in Marion, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...

    - Chang Wang
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