''The Sword of Valor'' is a 1924 American film starring

Snowy Baker Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker (8 February 18842 December 1953) was an Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor. Born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Baker excelled at a number of sports, winning New Sout ...

as an American sailor who falls in love with the daughter of a Spanish nobleman.

Plot

American sailor Captain Crooks (Baker) falls in love with Ynez Montego (Revier), daughter of Don Guzman de Ruis y Montejo (Lederer), who wants Ynez to marry the wealthy Eurasian, Ismid Matrouli (Cecil). Her father takes her to the Riviera where she is kidnapped by a deranged gypsy mountaineer and Crooks sets out to rescue her. He has to fight a leading swordsman.

Cast

as Captain Grant Lee Cooks *

Otto Lederer Otto Lederer (April 17, 1886 – September 3, 1965) was a Czech-American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933, most notably ''The Jazz Singer'', the first full-length film to have sound sequences, and the Laurel and H ...

as Don Guzma de Ruis y Montejo *Edwin Cecil as Ismid Matrouli *

Dorothy Revier Dorothy Revier (born Doris Valerga; April 18, 1904 – November 19, 1993) was an American actress. Early years Born as Doris Valerga in San Francisco on April 18, 1904, Revier was one of five siblings of the famous Valerga performing fami ...

as Ynez

Preservation status

According to the Silent Era website, a print exists. The film was shown at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2021.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Sword of Valor''
at silentera.com

References

External links

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''Sword of Valor''
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Copy of ''Sword of Valor''
at

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1924 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Duke Worne 1920s English-language films Silent American drama films 1924 drama films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub