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A City Sparrow
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1920 American drama silent film directed by Sam Wood
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9.0A drama starring Ethel Clayton. Milly West (Clayton) is a dancer who has her heart bent on stardom. She has an admirer in country boy Tim Ennis (Walter Hiers), who lives in the same boarding house as she does, but she turns down his marriage proposal. During a performance, Milly is injured and can't get her strength back to get another gig. Hughie Ray (William Boyd), a pal of Tim's, comes to town and offers to take Milly back to the country to recuperate. She takes him up on his offer and after she has been there a while he proposes. But Milly has been told that her injury makes it impossible for her to bear children; since she knows that Ray loves kids she tries to leave him.
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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- silent film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Sam Wood
- Screenwriter
- Kate Jordan
- Cast member
- Lillian Leighton
- Producer
- Jesse Louis Lasky
- Production company
- Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
- Cinematographer
- Alfred Gilks
- Duration
- 50
- Image
- A City Sparrow (1920) - 4.jpg
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- publication date
- 1920-10-17
- Commons category
- A City Sparrow
- title
- A City Sparrow
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- color
- black-and-white
- copyright status
- public domain
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