Honesty – The Best Policy is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Bennett and Albert Ray and starring Rockliffe Fellowes, Pauline Starke, and Johnnie Walker.Solomon p. 299 Bennett was the primary director of the film and Ray was brought in later to shoot an additional sequence featuring Albert Gran and Dot Farley.
Cast Rockliffe Fellowes as Nick Randall Pauline Starke as Mary Kay Johnnie Walker as Robert Dore Grace Darmond as Lily Mickey Bennett as Freckled Boy Mack Swain as Bendy Joe Albert Gran as Publisher (added sequence) Dot Farley as Author's Wife (added sequence) Heinie Conklin as Piano Player
Preservation Honesty - The Best Policy is currently presumed lost. In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.
References
Bibliography Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
External links
Lobby card at Motion Pictures Art Gallery