My Friend the Devil

The story

George Dryden, an atheist since he saw his mother struck and killed by lightning as a kid, becomes a prominent surgeon and marries a woman who soon dies of heart disease. Years later, on his daughter's wedding day, he discovers that his wife had a serious love affair with an artist. Infuriated, he drives his daughter away. She becomes ill, suffering an emotional collapse. The doctor exhausts his knowledge trying to save her and finally, in desperation, he calls upon God. The girl is miraculously cured and George Dryden's faith is restored. A lost film.

Cast & crew

Charles RichmanGeorge Dryden

Peggy ShawBeatrice Dryden

William H. TookerDr. Brewster

Myrtle Stewart

Myrtle StewartGeorge Dryden's Mother

Adolph MilarDryden's Stepfather

Barbara CastletonAnna Ryder

Alice May

Alice MayMrs. Ryder

Robert FrazerThe Artist

Mabel WrightThe Governess

Ben Grauer

Ben GrauerGeorge Dryden - as a boy