The Victor (1923 film)

The Victor
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	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 22, 1923 (1923-07-22)
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

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

References

1. Connelly p.428
2. The Victor at silentera.com

Bibliography

• 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

• The Victor at IMDb