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The Ragged Earl

The Ragged Earl

  • Overview
  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 12, 1914

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Original Title

The Ragged Earl

Production Companies

Popular Plays and Players Inc.

Director

Lloyd B. Carleton

Description

The Ragged Earl was produced by Popular Plays and Players, a New York-based firm specializing in five-reel theatrical adaptations. Repeating his stage role, Andrew Mack essays the title character, a brawling Irish boy of a few centuries back. While swashbuckling his way through the Auld Sod, the Ragged Earl meets the aristocratic Kathleen Fitzmorris (Ormi Hawley), who is disguised as a boy to escape an arranged marriage with the wealthy but decrepit Lord Wildbrook (Edward Peil Sr.). Entering into the spirit of things, our hero disguises himself as Wildbrook, escorts Kathleen back home, and marries her himself, right under the noses of her unsuspecting parents.