You Never Know Your Luck
Cast & Crew
Frank Powell
House Peters
Mildred Southwick
Claire Whitney
Bertram Marburgh
Marion Dyer
Film Details
Synopsis
Although ranch foreman Kerry has boarded with Kitty Tynan and her mother for five years in western Canada, his past is a mystery to everyone. He is actually an English aristocrat who lost all his money gambling and left the country in search of work. Kerry and his friend Horan own an option on property which crooked lawyer Burlingame is trying to secure. Burlingame's cohort Logan murders Hogan, and is caught and arrested. In the trial, Burlingame forces Kerry to admit his past, and succeeds in preventing Kerry from receiving bank assistance. When Kerry is shot, Kitty opens a letter from Kerry's wife that he had been carrying for five years, and cables her. Kerry's wife arrives and informs him that his last bet in England had turned out to be a $20,000 winner. Kerry is able to use the money just in time to foil Burlingame and secure the property, thus winning prosperity and the affections of his wife.
Director
Frank Powell
Cast
House Peters
Mildred Southwick
Claire Whitney
Bertram Marburgh
Marion Dyer
Frank Nelson
Charles Hammond
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Notes
Trade articles from June 1919 describe Sunset Pictures Corp. as an "ally" of the W. W. Hodkinson Corp. and state that the film's scenario was prepared by the Hodkinson literary department and that the Hodkinson literary and technical departments supervised the production. Hodkinson originally was to be the film's distributor, but in October 1919 World Film Corp. secured the distribution rights. The film was shot at the Sunset studio in San Antonio, TX and at the Solax studio in Fort Lee, NJ; exteriors were shot in San Antonio and New York City, and interior and exterior shots of the Brooks Club in London were included in the film.
