A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Best Man Wins
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 895 feet
Directed by Thomas Ricketts (Tom Ricketts)

Cast: Harold Lockwood, Dorothy Davenport, Russell Bassett, Alice Davenport, Gordon Sackville, Victoria Forde

Nestor Film Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Produced by David Horsley. Scenario by Thomas Ricketts (Tom Ricketts). / Released 25 December 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 10 April 2012.

References: Blum-Silent p. 23 : Website-IMDb.