''Ladies Beware'' is a 1927 American silent

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directed by

Charles Giblyn Charles Giblyn (September 6, 1871 – March 14, 1934) was an American film director and actor of the silent film, silent era. He directed nearly 100 films between 1912 and 1927. He also appeared in 23 films between 1914 and 1934. He was one ...

and starring George O'Hara,

Nola Luxford Nola Luxford (born Adelaide Minola Pratt; 23 December 1895 – 10 October 1994) was a New Zealand-born American film actress, spanning from the silent films, silent film era to the 1930s. During the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she was ...

and

Kathleen Myers Kathleen Myers (April 16, 1899 – September 27, 1959) was an American film actress of the silent era. Biography Myers was the daughter of S. C. Myers, manager of Chrome Steel Works in Newark, New Jersey. Appearing in 22 feature films between 19 ...

.Munden p.412

Synopsis

Jack, a jewel

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, is advised to leave town by the police. Before he does so he heads to the

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hosted by Georgette Ring, knowing that she has a very valuable

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. His former associate Jeannie, now working as secretary to Mrs. Ring attempts to prevent him from taking it. In the event it is stolen by another of the guests Count Bodevsky.

Cast

* George O'Hara as Jack O'Diamonds *

as Jeannie *

Florence Wix Florence Wix (16 May 1883 – 23 November 1956) was an English-born American character actress who worked from the 1920s in silent films through sound films of the 1950s. Biography Born on 16 May 1883, in Hertfordshire in England, Wix would ma ...

as Mrs. Ring *

as Georgette *

Mario Carillo Mario Caracciolo ''dei Duchi'' di Melito (15 May 1883 – 3 December 1958), known professionally as Mario Carillo and in society events as Count The younger sons are not entitled to inherit the hereditary title of their father in the Nobility of ...

as Count Bodevsky *

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as Renwick Clarke * Byron Douglas as Deputy Commissioner Croswell *

Bud Jamison William Edward "Bud" Jamison (February 15, 1894 – September 30, 1944)Okuda, Ted, and Edward Watz. 1999. The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-reel Hollywood Film Comedies 1933–1958'. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. . was an American film actor. ...

as Tubbs *

Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in va ...

as Handy

References

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.

External links

* 1927 films 1927 crime films Adaptations of works by Frederick J. Jackson American silent feature films American crime films American black-and-white films Films directed by Charles Giblyn Film Booking Offices of America films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language crime films {{1920s-US-film-stub