Tipped Off is a lost 1923 American silent drama film directed by Finis Fox and starring Arline Pretty, Noah Beery and Stuart Holmes.Connelly p.284Munden p.816 It was distributed by the independent Playgoers Pictures.
Plot Mildred Garson, the fiancée of playwright Anthony Moore wants to star in his new crime drama. In order to convince him she stages a fake burglary at her home with the help of her brother and sister. However a real-life robbery takes place in which the butler is shot and Mildred kidnapped.
Cast Arline Pretty as Mildred Garson Harold Miller as Anthony Moore Tom Santschi as 'The Fox,' Dan Grogan Noah Beery as Chang Wo Stuart Holmes as Sidney Matthews Zella Gray as Rita Garson, Rita's Sister Tom O'Brien as Jim 'Pug' Murphy, Mildred's Brother Bessie Wong as Chinese Maid James Alamo as Chuck Morrison, Henchman Jimmie Truax as Baldy Bates, Henchman S.D. Wilcox as The Detective Sergeant James Wang as Chang Wu's Major-domo Scotty MacGregor as The Stage Director
Preservation With no holdings located in archives, Tipped Off is considered a lost film.
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.
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