''A Son of David'' is a 1920 British
silent sports film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the spor ...
directed by
Hay Plumb
Edward Hay-Plumb (1883 in Norwich, Norfolk – 1960 in Uxbridge, Middlesex) was an English actor and film director.
He served as a lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment during World War I.
Selected filmography Director
* ''Hamlet'' (1913)
* ...
and starring
Poppy Wyndham,
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...
, and
Arthur Walcott
Arthur Walcott (1857–1934) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
*'' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915)
* '' The White Star'' (1915)
* '' A Gamble for Love'' (1917)
* '' Drink'' (1917)
* '' The Woman Wins'' (1918)
* ...
.
Premise
A young Jewish boy from
Whitechapel
Whitechapel is a district in East London and the future administrative centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a part of the East End of London, east of Charing Cross. Part of the historic county of Middlesex, the area formed ...
becomes a professional boxer in the hope of fighting the man he believes murdered his father.
Cast
*
Poppy Wyndham - Esther Raphael
*
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman (9 February 1891 – 19 May 1958) was an English-born actor, starting his career in theatre and silent film in his native country, then immigrating to the United States and having a successful Hollywood film career. He wa ...
- Maurice Phillips
*
Arthur Walcott
Arthur Walcott (1857–1934) was a British actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
*'' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915)
* '' The White Star'' (1915)
* '' A Gamble for Love'' (1917)
* '' Drink'' (1917)
* '' The Woman Wins'' (1918)
* ...
- Louis Raphael
*
Constance Backner - Miriam Myers
*
Robert Vallis
Robert Vallis (1876 in England, UK – 19 December 1932 in Brighton, Sussex) was a British actor.
Selected filmography
* '' A Son of David'' (1920)
* ''Her Benny'' (1920)
* '' Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills'' (1921)
* ''The Amazing Partnership
' ...
- Sam Myers
*
Joseph Pacey - Maurice, as a child
*
Vesta Sylva - Esther as a child
Preservation status
''A Son of David'' is now considered a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
See also
*
List of lost films
For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films.
Reas ...
References
External links
*
''A Son of David'' at SilentEra
1920 films
1920s sports films
British boxing films
Broadwest films
Films directed by Hay Plumb
Films set in London
Lost British films
British black-and-white films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
1920 lost films
Lost sports films
Silent sports films
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