The Best Man

The Best Man

60 mins | Comedy, Adventure | May 4, 1919

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.

The Best Man

60 mins | Comedy, Adventure | May 4, 1919

The Best Man
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.
Producers Jesse D. Hampton Productions
Original title The Best Man
Directors Thomas N. Heffron
Writers Grace Lutz, Arthur F. Statter

Cast

J. Warren Kerrigan

as Cyril Gordon

Lois Wilson

as Celia Hathaway

Gayne Whitman

as Jefferson Hathaway (as Alfred Whitman)

Frances Raymond

as Mrs. Hathaway

Clyde Benson

as George Hayne

R.D. MacLean

as Secret Service Chief

Bert Appling

as Brady

Edwin B. Tilton

as Holman

Mary Land

as Mrs. Holman

Fred Montague

as Celia's Uncle