The Victor (1923 film)
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Directed byEdward Laemmle
Written byRichard Schayer
Based onTwo Bells for Pegasus by Gerald Beaumont
Produced byCarl Laemmle
| 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 |
Release date |
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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]
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
- 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
