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Title

  • Big pal

Summary

  • "Judge Truscott's daughter Helen is saved from a runaway horse accident by Dan Williams, champion pugilist, and a warm friendship springs up between them. On the even of a championship battle Dan's favorite nephew, little Johnny, is abducted, and Dan notified that unless he quits in the fifth round of the fight the lad's life will be sacrificed. He decides to lose, but as the fifth round draws near Helen appears at the ringside with Johnny, who has escaped. Dan cuts loose, wins the battle and Helen as well."--Motion Picture News.

Names

  • Adolfi, John G., 1888-1933, film director
  • Furthman, Jules, screenwriter
  • Russell, William, 1886-1929, film producer, actor
  • Johnston, Julanne, actor
  • Carr, Mary, 1874-1973, actor
  • Bennett, Mickey, 1915-1950, actor
  • Bailey, William, 1886-1962, actor
  • Royal Pictures, production company, presenter
  • Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corporation, film distributor

Created / Published

  • United States : Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corporation, 1925.

Headings

  • -  Boxers (Sports)
  • -  Boxing
  • -  Kidnapping

Genre

  • Sports films
  • Melodramas (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP21921 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Intertitles in English.
  • -  Copyright: Banner Productions, Inc.; 19Oct25; LP21921.
  • -  William Russell, Julanne Johnston, Mary Carr, Mickey Bennett, Hayden Stevenson, William Norton Bailey.
  • -  Sources used: Motion Picture News, February 20, 1926 viewed online March 29, 2024 via Media History Digital Library; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939, p. 65.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 43 min.) : si., b&w (tinted)

Source Collection

  • Jon C. Mirsalis Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024601075

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Adolfi, John G., Film Director, Jules Furthman, William Russell, Julanne Johnston, Mary Carr, Mickey Bennett, William Bailey, and Film Distributor Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corporation. Big Pal. produceds by Royal Picturesuction Company, Presenter United States: Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corporation, 1925. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024601075/.

APA citation style:

Adolfi, J. G., Furthman, J., Russell, W., Johnston, J., Carr, M., Bennett, M. [...] Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corporation, F. D. (1925) Big Pal. Royal Picturesuction Company, P., prod United States: Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corporation. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024601075/.

MLA citation style:

Adolfi, John G., Film Director, et al. Big Pal. prod by Royal Picturesuction Company, Presenter United States: Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corporation, 1925. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024601075/>.