The Deep Purple is a 1920 American silent crime drama film directed by Raoul Walsh from a 1910 play co-written by Wilson Mizner and Paul Armstrong. The picture stars Miriam Cooper and Helen Ware and is a remake of the 1915 lost film The Deep Purple. It is not known whether the 1920 film currently survives.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, country village maiden Doris Moore (Cooper) listens intently to the wooing of Harry Leland (Serrano), a crook who is in the neighborhood with Pop Clark (Ferguson), another professional crook. Believing in his promise of marriage, Doris goes with Harry and Pop when they return to the city. Kate Fallon (Ware), a boarding house keeper, protects Doris from Harry, but she becomes involved in a plot to rob William Lake (Sage), a wealthy westerner. Doris swings around to the right side when she meets William and love springs into being. The crooks are defeated in their designs and William and Doris are then brought into happiness.

The Deep Purple (1920 film)

Cast

Miriam Cooper as Doris Moore

Helen Ware as Kate Fallon

Vincent Serrano as Harry Leland

William J. Ferguson as Pop Clark

Stuart Sage as William Lake

William B. Mack as Gordon Laylock

Lincoln Plumer as Connelly

Ethel Hallor as Flossie

Lorraine Frost as Phyllis Lake

Louis Mackintosh as Mrs. Lake

Amy Ongley as Christine

Walter Lawrence as Finn

J.C. King as Inspector George Bruce

Eddie Sturgis as Skinny

C.A. de Lima as Balke

Bird Millman as High-Wire Performer

References

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1920 films

American silent feature films

Remakes of American films

American films based on plays

Films directed by Raoul Walsh

1920 crime drama films

American black-and-white films

1920s American films

Silent American crime drama films

The Deep Purple (1920 film)