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The Firefly of Tough Luck

19170.0 / 1050 min
Drama, Western

Overview

"Tough Luck" Baxter, returning from a prospecting trip, meets Happy Jack Clarke, a former citizen of Baxter City, a boom town which became a ghost town when the gold petered out. A game of cards decides that Clarke will go back to Baxter City with "Tough Luck" in search of ore. Meanwhile, the Firefly, a New York music hall entertainer out of a job, is ordered by her parasitic husband Bert Wilcox to perform at the dance hall in Baxter City. Upon her arrival, she finds the town deserted and strikes out on the open trail.

Cast

Alma Rubens

Alma Rubens

Firefly

Charles Gunn

Charles Gunn

Danny Ward

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

'Tough Luck' Baxter

Darrell Foss

Darrell Foss

Bert Wilcox

Jack Curtis

Jack Curtis

Happy Jack Clarke

Aaron Edwards

Aaron Edwards

Silent Dan

Laura Sears

Laura Sears

Crew

E. Mason Hopper

E. Mason Hopper

Director

Charles J. Stumar

Charles J. Stumar

Director of Photography

Alfred L. Werker

Alfred L. Werker

Assistant Director

J.G. Hawks

J.G. Hawks

Story