The Ne'er-Do-Well
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Alfred E. Green
Director
Thomas Meighan
Kirk Anthony
Lila Lee
Chiquita
Gertrude Astor
Edith Cortlandt
John Miltern
Stephen Cortlandt
Gus Weinberg
Andres Garavel
Film Details
Release Date
May
6,
1923
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 29 Apr 1923
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Ne'er Do Well by Rex Beach (New York, 1911).
Synopsis
Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he (Kirk) attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt; falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general; gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt (Edith's husband), and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a Negro soldier of fortune. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note; he succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness.
Director
Alfred E. Green
Director
Cast
Thomas Meighan
Kirk Anthony
Lila Lee
Chiquita
Gertrude Astor
Edith Cortlandt
John Miltern
Stephen Cortlandt
Gus Weinberg
Andres Garavel
Sidney Smith
Ramón Alfarez
George O'brien
Clifford
Jules Cowles
Allen Allan
Laurance Wheat
Runnels
Cyril Ring
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
May
6,
1923
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 29 Apr 1923
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Ne'er Do Well by Rex Beach (New York, 1911).
