''Cupid's Knockout'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by Bruce Mitchell and starring

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, Andrée Tourneur and

George B. French George B. French (April 14, 1883 – June 9, 1961) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between the mid-1910s and early 1940s. Selected filmography * '' Wanted: A Leading Lady'' (1915) * ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (191 ...

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Frank Gibson rescues Sally Hibbard who is under pressure from a corrupt city boss to marry her.

Cast

Frank Gibson * Andrée Tourneur as Sally Hibbard * Don Fuller as David Manning * Marco Charles as 'Measles' Martin *

as George Hibbard *

Mathilde Brundage Mathilde Brundage (September 22, 1859 – May 6, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928. Also known as Bertha Brundage, she was born in Louisville, Kentucky. For much of her life, her family thwarted her de ...

as Mrs. Hibbard * William T. Hayes as 'Rubber Chin' Smith

References

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

* 1926 films 1920s action comedy films American silent feature films American action comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Bruce M. Mitchell 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American comedy films {{1920s-US-film-stub