The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923) — comedy film. Directed by Alfred E. Green. Starring Thomas Meighan, Lila Lee, Gertrude Astor, John Miltern. This page maps 5 characters and 5 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A spendthrift son is forced into a new life in Panama, where love, work, and crisis transform him into a man worthy of respect.
Comedy · 10/10 · 80 min · 1923
Disgusted with his spendthrift son, Kirk Anthony's father has Kirk shanghaied and taken to Panama, where he attracts the attention of Mrs. Edith Cortlandt. He subsequently falls in love with Chiquita, the daughter of a Panamanian general, gets a railroad job through Stephen Cortlandt and decides to make something of himself when he meets Allen Allan, a black mercenary. Stephen Cortlandt's death is blamed on Kirk until Edith produces a suicide note. He succeeds in his railroad position and returns to the United States with Chiquita to ask his father's forgiveness. A lost film.
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