My Friend the Devil

Nov 19, 1922

1h 20m

★ 0.0

Overview

George Dryden, an atheist since he saw his mother struck and killed by lightning as a kid, becomes a prominent surgeon and marries a woman who soon dies of heart disease. Years later, on his daughter's wedding day, he discovers that his wife had a serious love affair with an artist. Infuriated, he drives his daughter away. She becomes ill, suffering an emotional collapse. The doctor exhausts his knowledge trying to save her and finally, in desperation, he calls upon God. The girl is miraculously cured and George Dryden's faith is restored. A lost film.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

George Dryden

Charles Richman

Beatrice Dryden

Peggy Shaw

Dr. Brewster

William H. Tooker

George Dryden's Mother

Myrtle Stewart

Dryden's Stepfather

Adolph Milar

Anna Ryder

Barbara Castleton

Mrs. Ryder

Alice May

The Artist

Robert Frazer

The Governess

Mabel Wright

George Dryden - as a boy

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