The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he lost the power and bet the wrong way.
Acting
Ernest Torrence's physical comedy as the tout-turned-prophet.
Direction
Badger's clever weather montages without sound design crutches.
Director
Clarence G. Badger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Clarence Badger jumped to talkies immediately after, directing W.C. Fields and Clara Bow—this was his silent swan song.
The 'rainmaker' archetype peaked in 1920s America during actual drought panics; audiences genuinely believed in weather prophets.
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