The Best Man (1919)

The Best Man

1919

Comedy Adventure

Synopsis

The Library of Congress lists this as a ‘lost’ film, however a copy exists in the UK. Gordon, disguised as Hayne, meets with the criminals and manages to purloin the stolen code but the real Hayne, who the police have failed to apprehend, gives chase. Gordon escapes in a taxi that had been pre-booked to take Hayne to church to marry Celia. Arriving at the church, and remembering his instructions ‘Let Nothing Hinder You’, Gordon allows himself to be married to Celia while planning how he will escape.

Credits

Director

Thomas N. Heffron

Cast

Bert Appling as Brady

Clyde Benson as George Hayne

Edwin B. Tilton as Holman

Frances Raymond as Mrs. Hathaway

Fred Montague as Celia's Uncle

Gayne Whitman as Jefferson Hathaway (as Alfred Whitman)

J. Warren Kerrigan as Cyril Gordon

Lois Wilson as Celia Hathaway