''Hogan's Alley'' is a 1925 American silent

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produced and distributed by

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It was an early directing assignment for Roy Del Ruth and starred Monte Blue,

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, and

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. This film is a precursor to the silent film '' One Round Hogan'', a later Monte Blue

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vehicle.

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, Patsy (Miller) is the scrappy little daughter of an ignorant lazy Irishman (Louis) who lives in Hogan's Alley. Her sweetheart Lefty O'Brien (Blue) is a prize-fighter, but this does not suit her father who wants her to marry a rich man. Lefty is arrested when his opponent in the fight fails to regain consciousness. Patsy is hurt and Lefty calls Dr. Franklin (Barrie), a swell doctor who takes a shine to Patsy and invites her and her father to his lodge. He proves to be a villain who attempts to sweep her off her feet. Lefty follows their train but his car is wrecked by the locomotive. With Patsy now on a

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, Lefty hires an airplane and transfers from it to the train, knocks out the villain, and stops the engine just before it runs into a landslide.

Cast

Preservation status

''Hogan's Alley'' survives in an incomplete or abridged version in the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in Fort de Bois-d'Arcy.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Hogan's Alley''
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* * * 1925 films American silent feature films Films directed by Roy Del Ruth 1925 comedy films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub