The Ragged Edge (film)

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The Ragged Edge
Harold MacGrath (Ragged Edge, 1922).jpg
Open leaf of the novel with illustration
Directed by F. Harmon Weight
Written by Forrest Halsey (adaptation)
Based onThe Ragged Edge
by Harold McGrath
Produced byDistinctive Pictures (founded by George Arliss)
Starring Alfred Lunt
Mona Palma
Cinematographyprobably Harry Fischbeck from Lunt's first film Backbone
Distributed by Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Productions
Release date
  • June 4, 1923 (1923-06-04)
Running time
7 reels; 6,800 feet
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Ragged Edge is a 1923 American silent South Seas romantic drama film produced by George Arliss with his Distinctive Pictures and distributed by Goldwyn and Cosmopolitan productions. It was directed by F. Harmon Weight and starred Alfred Lunt. [1] [2]

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Preservation

With no prints of The Ragged Edge located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film.

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