The Right That Failed (1922)
Melodrama | 20 February 1922
Director:
Bayard VeillerWriter:
Lenore CoffeeCinematographer:
Arthur MartinelliProduction Company:
Metro Pictures Corp.This film was based on John Phillips Marquand’s short story, “The Right That Failed," first published in the 23 July 1921 Saturday Evening Post. Principal photography was slated to begin at Metro Pictures Corp.’s studio in Hollywood, CA, in late August 1921, as noted in the 25 August 1921 Los Angeles Times. The shoot concluded by 22 September 1921, according to that day’s LAT, which referred to the picture as Keep Off the Grass. At the time, lead actor Bert Lytell and director Bayard Veiller were said to be in New York City, “shopping for plays” for future film adaptations. Lytell was reportedly “nursing a sick rib and a throbbing cheek bone” from the prize fighting scene he had enacted with pugilist William Elmer (a.k.a. Billy Elmer). A news brief in the 18 February 1922 [Fremont, NE] Fremont Tribune also identified Elmer in the “Kid Reagan” role; however, a potentially conflicting item in the 16 April 1922 Los Angeles Times stated that Bull Montana played “a pugilist in the picture.”
The Right That Failed marked a re-teaming of co-stars Bert Lytell and Virginia Valli, after Metro’s recent productions, The Man Who, A Trip to Paradise, and The Idle Rich (all 1921, see entries).
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
This film was based on John Phillips Marquand’s short story, “The Right That Failed," first published in the 23 July 1921 Saturday Evening Post. Principal photography was slated to begin at Metro Pictures Corp.’s studio in Hollywood, CA, in late August 1921, as noted in the 25 August 1921 Los Angeles Times. The shoot concluded by 22 September 1921, according to that day’s LAT, which referred to the picture as Keep Off the Grass. At the time, lead actor Bert Lytell and director Bayard Veiller were said to be in New York City, “shopping for plays” for future film adaptations. Lytell was reportedly “nursing a sick rib and a throbbing cheek bone” from the prize fighting scene he had enacted with pugilist William Elmer (a.k.a. Billy Elmer). A news brief in the 18 February 1922 [Fremont, NE] Fremont Tribune also identified Elmer in the “Kid Reagan” role; however, a potentially conflicting item in the 16 April 1922 Los Angeles Times stated that Bull Montana played “a pugilist in the picture.”
The Right That Failed marked a re-teaming of co-stars Bert Lytell and Virginia Valli, after Metro’s recent productions, The Man Who, A Trip to Paradise, and The Idle Rich (all 1921, see entries).
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
John Duffey, lightweight champion of New York, knocks out Kid Reagan in a sensational bout but sustains a broken wrist and is ordered to rest for several months. Johnny visits Craigmoor, a fashionable summer resort, so as to pursue there a society girl, Constance Talbot, whom he has met by accident and who is unaware of his vocation. Mr. Talbot likes Johnny and has little use for Roy Van Twiller, his daughter's fiancé; Roy, however, recognizes Johnny and wires for his father, manager, and challenger to come establish his identity. But the trio are informed of the situation by Mr. Talbot and swear they have never seen Johnny. Johnny, to get even, knocks out Roy, breaking the injured hand; he then informs Constance that he is a roughneck, but she and her family happily accept ...
John Duffey, lightweight champion of New York, knocks out Kid Reagan in a sensational bout but sustains a broken wrist and is ordered to rest for several months. Johnny visits Craigmoor, a fashionable summer resort, so as to pursue there a society girl, Constance Talbot, whom he has met by accident and who is unaware of his vocation. Mr. Talbot likes Johnny and has little use for Roy Van Twiller, his daughter's fiancé; Roy, however, recognizes Johnny and wires for his father, manager, and challenger to come establish his identity. But the trio are informed of the situation by Mr. Talbot and swear they have never seen Johnny. Johnny, to get even, knocks out Roy, breaking the injured hand; he then informs Constance that he is a roughneck, but she and her family happily accept him.
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