THE LUCKY DEVIL
staring Richard Dix and Esther Ralston
PICTURE PLAY
October, 1925
This is the first automobile picture I have seen in quite a while, and it is a good one. It is called "The Lucky Devil," and it ought to be perfect entertainment for all Richard Dix fans. There is a lot of Mr. Dix in it. Mind you, I'm not complaining. I'm giving the picture a kind word.
He is a young department-store salesman who wins a racing car in a raffle. He starts off for the big open spaces, and, at the very first tourist camp, loses his heart to a young lady in a Ford. The young lady has an aunt, and she and several other things complicate matters.
At the end there is an exciting road race that looked more like a steeplechase to me, and Mr. Dix gets the money and the gal.
The picture is called "The Lucky Devil" because the car is a hoodoo. I believe that's why they did it.
Esther Ralston is the girl. I think she is unusually pretty and pleasant. Anthony Jowatt had a small part. He is to be with Gloria Swanson in "The Coast of Folly."
Mr. Dix does inconsequential things with ease and grace. This is the second picture of his that I have liked. Edna May Oliver give the best performance of the picture as the aunt. She really acts as though she might be somebody's aunt. I know, because I was an aunt myself, once.
Video source: Grapevine, Facets