The Victor (1923 film)
Appearance
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 |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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]
Synopsis
[edit]The 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
Categories:
- 1923 films
- 1923 comedy films
- 1920s sports comedy films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- American boxing films
- American sports comedy films
- Films directed by Edward Laemmle
- American black-and-white films
- Universal Pictures films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American comedy films
- Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer
- Silent sports comedy films
- English-language sports comedy films
- 1920s American film stubs