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The Victor (1923 film)

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The Victor
Directed byEdward Laemmle
Written byRichard Schayer
Based onTwo Bells for Pegasus by Gerald Beaumont
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringHerbert Rawlinson
Frank Currier
Esther Ralston
CinematographyClyde De Vinna
Production
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 22, 1923 (1923-07-22)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
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

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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.

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References

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Bibliography

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  • 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.
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