''The Black Panther's Cub'' is a 1921 American silent

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film produced by William K. Ziegfeld,

Florenz Ziegfeld Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (; March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932) was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' (1907–1931), inspired by the '' Folies Bergère'' of Paris. He al ...

's younger brother. It stars stage actress

Florence Reed Florence Reed (January 10, 1883 – November 21, 1967) was an American stage and film actress. She is remembered for several outstanding stage productions, including ''The Shanghai Gesture'', ''The Lullaby'', '' The Yellow Ticket'' and ''Th ...

in her last silent screen portrayal where she plays multiple roles. It is a lost film.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Black Panther's Cub''
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Plot

As summarized in a film publication, when the law closes the Black Panther's (Reed) house, she gives her daughter into the keeping of her old friend Clive (Stephenson). Clive dies and the Cub (Reed), now a young lady, learns who her mother was. Lord Maudsley (Foxe), Clive's son, is in financial difficulty. He makes the Cub believe that dead benefactor has left large debts, and persuades her to reopen her mother's establishment to obtain the money. She does, and the former admirers of the Black Panther marvel at the way she has retained her youth. Eventually the Cub meets her mother (Reed), now an old woman, in a dive to which the Cub has fled with an admirer to get away from the man she loved, but feared to face in her new existence. The place is raided and the mother is shot. Later Maudsley admits that it was he who needed the money, and the lover forgives the Cub and they are happy together.

Cast

as The Black Panther / Mary Maudsley / Faustine *

Norman Trevor Norman Gilbert Pritchard (23 June 1875 – 30 October 1929), also known by his stage name Norman Trevor, was a British-Indian athlete and actor who became the first Asian-born athlete to win an Olympic medal when he won two silver medals in at ...

as Sir Marling Grayham *

Henry Stephenson Harry Stephenson Garraway (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British actor. He generally portrayed amiable and wise Gentleman, gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Joseph Banks, Sir Joseph Banks in ''Mutiny ...

as Clive, Earl of Maudsley *Paul Doucet as Victim of Chance (credited as Paul Ducet) *Don Merrifield as Sir Charles Beresford *Henry Carvill as Lord Whitford *Louis R. Grisel as Butler (credited as Louis Grisel) *

Earle Foxe Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor. Early years Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. He was educated at Ohio St ...

as Lord Maudsley *William Roselle as Hampton Grayham *Paula Shay as Evelyn Grayham *Halbert Brown as Mr. Laird *Charles Jackson as Stable Boy *Ernest Lambart as Money Lender *Frank DeVernon as Philanthropist * Tyrone Power Sr. as Count Boris Orliff (credited as Tyrone Power)

References

External links

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original lobby poster
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