Tipped Off
Directed byFinis Fox
Written byFrederick Reel Jr.
Produced byWilliam Matthews
StarringArline Pretty
Noah Beery
Stuart Holmes
CinematographyHarry M. Fowler
Production
company
Harry A. McKenzie Productions
Distributed byPlaygoers Pictures
Release date
August 14, 1923
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Tipped Off is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Finis Fox and starring Arline Pretty, Noah Beery and Stuart Holmes.[1][2] It was distributed by the independent Playgoers Pictures.

Plot

Mildred Garson, the fiancée of playwright Anthony Moore wants to star in his new crime drama. In order to convince him she stages a fake burglary at her home with the help of her brother and sister. However a real-life robbery takes place in which the butler is shot and Mildred kidnapped.

Cast

  • Arline Pretty as Mildred Garson
  • Harold Miller as Anthony Moore
  • Tom Santschi as 'The Fox,' Dan Grogan
  • Noah Beery as Chang Wo
  • Stuart Holmes as Sidney Matthews
  • Zella Gray as Rita Garson, Rita's Sister
  • Tom O'Brien as Jim 'Pug' Murphy, Mildred's Brother
  • Bessie Wong as Chinese Maid
  • James Alamo as Chuck Morrison, Henchman
  • Jimmie Truax as Baldy Bates, Henchman
  • S.D. Wilcox as The Detective Sergeant
  • James Wang as Chang Wu's Major-domo
  • Scotty MacGregor as The Stage Director

References

  1. Connelly p.284
  2. Munden p.816

Bibliography

  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.


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