The Wicked Darling (1919)

Director:

Tod Browning

Writers:

Evelyn Campbell (story)
Harvey Gates (writer)

Release Date:

24 February 1919 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

A slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to be the socialite's former fiance.

Plot Keywords:

Pearl | Pickpocket | Financial Ruin | Theft | Threat

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Priscilla Dean	...	Mary Stevens
Wellington A. Playter	...	Kent Mortimer
Lon Chaney	...	Stoop Connors
Spottiswoode Aitken	...	Fadem
Gertrude Astor	...	Adele Hoyt
Kalla Pasha	...	The Bartender

Also Known As:

The Gutter Bride (USA) (working title)
The Gutter Rose (USA) (working title)
The Rose of the Dark (USA) (working title)
The Rose of the Night (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

59 min (restored version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Quotes:

Stoop Connors: I took a damn good beatin' for them pearls - now come through!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) (TV)

An early Tod Browning and Lon Chaney picture

At its heart a cheap melodrama of the time. Lon Chaney as the thief forcing the poor heroine Priscilla Dean into crime is very Lon Chaney.

The reconstructed print was made from material in fair to poor condition and is missing perhaps 15 percent of the original.