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Dinty

  • 1920
  • Passed
  • 1h 4m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
128
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Wesley Barry in Dinty (1920)
AdventureComedyDrama

Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown.Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown.Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown.

  • Directors
    • John McDermott
    • Marshall Neilan
  • Writers
    • Marion Fairfax
    • Marshall Neilan
  • Stars
    • Wesley Barry
    • Colleen Moore
    • Tom Gallery
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    128
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • John McDermott
      • Marshall Neilan
    • Writers
      • Marion Fairfax
      • Marshall Neilan
    • Stars
      • Wesley Barry
      • Colleen Moore
      • Tom Gallery
    • 2User reviews
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    Wesley Barry
    Wesley Barry
    • Dinty
    Colleen Moore
    Colleen Moore
    • Doreen O'Sullivan
    Tom Gallery
    Tom Gallery
    • Danny O'Sullivan
    J. Barney Sherry
    J. Barney Sherry
    • Judge Whitely
    Marjorie Daw
    Marjorie Daw
    • Ruth Whitely
    Pat O'Malley
    Pat O'Malley
    • Jack North
    Noah Beery
    Noah Beery
    • Wong Tai
    Walter Chung
    • Sui Lung
    Kate Price
    Kate Price
    • Mrs. O'Toole
    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • Barry Flynn
    Aaron Mitchell
    • Alexander Horatius Jones
    Newton Hall
    • The Tough One
    Young Hipp
    • Wong Tai's Son
    Hal Wilson
    Hal Wilson
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    Arthur Hoyt
    Arthur Hoyt
    • Coast Guard Agent
    • (uncredited)
    Sôjin Kamiyama
    Sôjin Kamiyama
    • Wong Tai's Victim
    • (uncredited)
    Anna May Wong
    Anna May Wong
    • Half Moon
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • John McDermott
      • Marshall Neilan
    • Writers
      • Marion Fairfax
      • Marshall Neilan
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    Colleen Moore and Anna May Wong

    Episodic comedy/drama stars Wesley Barry as the orphaned Dinty O'Sullivan, a boy of the San Francisco streets who gets involved with a drug smuggler and a kidnapping and becomes a hero.

    After his mother (Colleen Moore) dies, Dinty must fend for himself but gets on the wrong side of some street toughs and eventually becomes embroiled in the business of a notorious Chinese gangster (Noah Beery) who casts aside his Chinese lover (Anna May Wong) for a white woman. To get even with a local judge, Beery kidnaps his daughter (Marjorie Daw) and subjects her to torture. But Dinty knows a thing or two.

    Several elements will strike modern audiences as being racist, but the film is certainly a capsule of the 1920 mindset. No American film elements are known to survive, but a Dutch print was found and is in quite good shape. Most interesting for Colleen Moore's pre-flapper role and for a chance to see Anna May Wong early in her career.

    Pat O'Marry, Kate Price, and J. Barney Sherry co-star.

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    • Trivia
      The mansion shown in the street view at 00:53:10 with first the pedestrian walking away, then a Ford Model T roadster moving from right to left before it is passed in the opposite direction by a cable car was built by sugar magnate Adolph Spreckels at 2080 Washington Street, San Francisco, in 1912 as a gift to his daughter Alma and is now the home of novelist Danielle Steel.

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    • Release date
      • November 21, 1920 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ディンティー
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA(streets, station, ferry boat scenes)
    • Production company
      • Marshall Neilan Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 4m(64 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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