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A City Sparrow

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Genre
  
Drama

Produced by
  
Jesse L. Lasky

Country
  
United States

Director
  
Sam Wood

Cinematography
  
Alfred Gilks

Duration
  


Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
October 17, 1920 (1920-10-17)

Writer
  
Kate Jordan (story), Clara Genevieve Kennedy

Cast
  
William Boyd, Ethel Clayton, Lillian Leighton, Walter Hiers, Clyde Fill

Related Sam Wood movies
  
Kings Row (1942), Goodbye - Mr Chips (1939), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Kitty Foyle (1940), A Night at the Opera (1935)

A City Sparrow is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and written by Kate Jordan and Clara Genevieve Kennedy. The film stars Ethel Clayton, Walter Hiers, Clyde Fillmore, Lillian Leighton, William Boyd, and Rose Cade. The film was released on October 17, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.

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Plot

As summarized in a film magazine, Milly West (Ethel Clayton), a cabaret dancer becomes injured, and after a surgeon says she cannot become a mother, she gives up on love. Tim (Walter Hiers) loves her and after she rejects him, writes his mother in the country that he has killed himself. David (Clyde Fillmore), a man from the country, takes her there to recover and later wins her over.

The magazine also used stills to illustrate the plot:

Cast

  • Ethel Clayton as Milly West
  • Walter Hiers as Tim Ennis
  • Clyde Fillmore as David Muir
  • Lillian Leighton as Ma Ennis
  • William Boyd as Hughie Ray
  • Rose Cade as Annie
  • Robert Brower as Parson Neil
  • Helen Jerome Eddy as Hester Neil
  • Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Babb

    • Preservation status

  • Currently a lost film.

    • References

    A City Sparrow Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    A City Sparrow IMDb


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