The Ninety and Nine (1922 film)
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The Ninety and Nine was a 1922 silent drama starring Colleen Moore
made shortly before she gained fame as a film flapper.
Colleen Moore
Colleen Moore was an American film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent film era.-Early life:...
made shortly before she gained fame as a film flapper.
Story
Tom Silverton is a wrongly accused man whose real name is Phil Bradbury. He was engaged to society girl Kate Van Dyke, but she falls in love with another man. When there is a murder in the Van Dyke home, Bradbury is the primary suspect. He departs before the police can apprehend him and goes to the out-of-the way town of Marlow where he takes the name Tom Silverton. He appears to be a simple drunkard, but Ruth Blake tries to sober him up. She is ostracized by the rest of the town as a result. When Kate and Mark come to town, they spot Tom (Phil) but before he can escape a forest fire surrounds the town. Tom is the only one who kows how to operate the locomotive, but in operating it he will reveal his true identity. He does so, saving the townsfolk. He is exonerated of the crimes and marries Ruth.Cast
- Warner BaxterWarner BaxterWarner Leroy Baxter was an American actor, known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona , for which he won the second Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1928–1929 Academy Awards. Warner Baxter started his movie career in silent movies...
- Tom Silverton / Phil Bradbury - Colleen MooreColleen MooreColleen Moore was an American film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent film era.-Early life:...
- Ruth Blake - Lloyd WhitlockLloyd WhitlockLloyd Whitlock was an American actor. He appeared in 199 films between 1916 and 1949.-Selected filmography:* The Thrill Chaser * The Woman of Bronze...
- Mark Leveridge - Gertrude AstorGertrude AstorGertrude Astor was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat.-Career:...
- Kate Van Dyke - Robert DudleyRobert DudleyRobert Dudley is the name of:*Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester , favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England*Robert Dudley , illegitimate son of the above...
- Abner Blake - Mary YoungMary YoungMary Young was a Pitcairn Island-born granddaughter of Mutiny on the Bounty survivor Edward "Ned" Young and his Tahitian wife Toofaiti...
- Rachel - Arthur JasmineArthur JasmineArthur Jasmine , also known as Samson De Brier or Sampson De Brier, was an American film actor.-Biography:He was born on 4 April 1899 in the U.S.A. at St...
- Bud Bryson - Ernest Butterworth - Reddy
- Aggie HerringAggie HerringAggie Herring was an American actress. She appeared in 119 films between 1915 and 1939.She was born in San Francisco, California and died in Santa Monica, California.-Selected filmography:* Daredevil Jack...
- Mrs. Dougherty - Dorothea WolbertDorothea WolbertDorothea Wolbert was an American film actress. She appeared in 147 films between 1916 and 1957. She appeared on the television series "I Love Lucy" in episode #137- Ricky's European Booking .She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:*...
- Mrs. Markham - Rex Hammel - Eric Van Dyke
- Charles R. MooreCharles R. MooreCharles R. Moore was an African-American actor who appeared in over 100 films in his acting career, and was sometimes credited as Charles Moore or Charlie Moore Moore played small parts such as servants, bootblacks, elevator operators, menial laborers, and, especially, railroad porters and Red Caps...
- Sam Grant (as Charles Moore)
Background
Previously shot as a Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature in 1916, the original production of The Ninety and Nine had been adapted from a 1902 stage play by Ramsay Morris. The play had been based on the hymn The Ninety and Nine, which had been, in its own turn, inspired by Luke 15:7. The play concerned the redemption of a fallen man (the single sheep, “Far off from the gates of gold”) while the rest of the town stood idly by (the other ninety-nine “that safely lay/In the shelter of the fold”). The new version was intended to be a big production. "Miss Moore will have as her leading man Warner Baxter. Vitagraph is planning to make Ninety and Nine a big special and extra attraction."Footnotes
- Jeff Codori (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing,(Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5).