Trifling with Honor

Trifling with Honor is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Rockliffe Fellowes and Fritzi Ridgeway. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures under their Jewel banner. It was also known as His Good Name from the short story source material by William Slavens McNutt.^[1][2]

Trifling with Honor
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Directed by	Harry A. Pollard
Written by	Frank S. Beresford Raymond L. Schrock (adaptation, scenario)
Based on	Short story His Good Name by William Slavens McNutt appearing in July 1922 Collier's
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Rockliffe Fellowes Fritzi Ridgeway
Cinematography	Jack Brown
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	May 28, 1923 (1923-05-28)
Running time	8 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Rockliffe Fellowes as Gas Pipe Kid / Bat Shugrue
• Fritzi Ridgeway as Ida Hunt
• Buddy Messinger as Jimmy Hunt
• Hayden Stevenson as Kelsey Lewis
• Emmett King as Judge Drury
• William Welsh as Warden
• Fred R. Stanton as Lute Clotz (credited as Frederick Stanton)
• William Robert Daly as The Kid's Father
• Jim Farley as Murray Jessop
• Sidney De Gray as Dud Adams
• John Hatton as Jimmy, 8 years old
• Mike Gaffner as Landlord

Preservation

While Trifling with Honor is a lost film,^[3] a trailer for this film survives at the Library of Congress.^[4]