''The Victor'' is a 1923 American
silent romantic comedy film directed by
Edward Laemmle and starring
Herbert Rawlinson,
Frank Currier and
Esther Ralston.
[Connelly p.428]
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 Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
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
Dorothy may refer to:
*Dorothy (given name), a list of people with that name.
Arts and entertainment
Characters
*Dorothy Gale, protagonist of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum
* Ace (''Doctor Who'') or Dorothy, a character playe ...
as Teddi Walters
*
Frank Currier as Teddi Walters Father
*
Otis Harlan
Otis Harlan (December 29, 1865 – January 21, 1940) was an American actor and comedian. He voiced Happy, one of the Seven Dwarfs in the Disney animated film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.
Early years
Harlan was born in Zanesville, Ohio ...
as Chewing Gum Baron
*
Esther Ralston as Chewing Gum Baron's Daughter
*
Eddie Gribbon as Porky Schaup, Boxer
*
Tom McGuire as Jacky Williams
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
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1923 films
1923 comedy films
1920s sports films
1920s English-language films
American silent feature films
American boxing films
American sports comedy films
Films directed by Edward Laemmle
American black-and-white films
Universal Pictures films
1920s American films
Silent American comedy films
Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer
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