The Victor | |
Director: | Edward Laemmle |
Producer: | Carl Laemmle |
Based On: | Two Bells for Pegasus by Gerald Beaumont |
Starring: | Herbert Rawlinson Frank Currier Esther Ralston |
Cinematography: | Clyde De Vinna |
Studio: | Universal Pictures |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Runtime: | 50 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent English intertitles |
The Victor is a 1923 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Frank Currier and Esther Ralston.[1] [2]
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 and enjoys such success that he restores the family fortune, and gets his father's blessing to his marriage to the actress.