Champion of Lost Causes explained

Champion of Lost Causes
Director:Chester Bennett
Producer:William Fox
Starring:Edmund Lowe
Barbara Bedford
Walter McGrail
Cinematography:Ernest Palmer
Studio:Fox Film Corporation
Distributor:Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:50 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Champion of Lost Causes is a lost 1925 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Edmund Lowe, Barbara Bedford, and Walter McGrail. A writer in search of a story visits a gambling club and witnesses a murder, which he attempts to solve.[1] [2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Loring, an author, in getting material for a book, goes to a gambling den. He sees Wilbur, who acts strangely. He follows him and when Wilbur is killed, Peter Charles, father of Beatrice Charles, is accused of the murder. The gambler gives him a fictitious story about a murderous gang when Loring attempts to solve the murder mystery. Several attempts are made on his life by the gang but fail. The gambler proves to be Beatrice’s villainous fiancee, and when he confesses the murder Loring wins the young woman.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Champion of Lost Causes located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Solomon p. 292.
  2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/ChampionOfLostCauses1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Champion of Lost Causes
  3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4206/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Champion of Lost Causes