My Friend the Devil

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.

Details

Cast

Charles Richman

George Dryden

Peggy Shaw

Beatrice Dryden

William H. Tooker

Dr. Brewster

Myrtle Stewart

George Dryden's Mother

Adolph Milar

Dryden's Stepfather

Barbara Castleton

Anna Ryder

Alice May

Mrs. Ryder

Robert Frazer

The Artist

Mabel Wright

The Governess

Ben Grauer

George Dryden - as a boy