The Victor is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Frank Currier and Esther Ralston.[1][2]
| The Victor | |
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| Directed by | Edward Laemmle |
| Written by | Richard Schayer |
| Based on | Two Bells for Pegasus by Gerald Beaumont |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Herbert Rawlinson Frank Currier Esther Ralston |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Synopsis
editThe Englishman Cecil Fitzhugh Waring is sent to America by his father Lord Waring to save the family's finances by marrying the daughter of a chewing gum tycoon. Unwilling to go through with the plan, he wanders the streets and meets a struggling actress who he falls in love with. To raise money he becomes a boxer and enjoys such success that he restores the family fortune, and gets his father's blessing to his marriage to the actress.
Cast
edit- Herbert Rawlinson as Cecil Fitzhugh Waring
- Dorothy Manners as Teddi Walters
- Frank Currier as Teddi Walters Father
- Otis Harlan as Chewing Gum Baron
- Esther Ralston as Chewing Gum Baron's Daughter
- Eddie Gribbon as Porky Schaup, Boxer
- Tom McGuire as Jacky Williams
References
edit- ^ Connelly p.428
- ^ The Victor at silentera.com
Bibliography
edit- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
edit- The Victor at IMDb
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