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| ~A City Sparrow~ 1920 |
| Directed by: Sam Wood Written by: Kate Jordan (story) Clara Genevieve Kennedy Based on the serial story "A City Sparrow" by Kate Jordan (pseud. of Mrs. F. M. Vermilye) in Collier's National Weekly (11 Aug-25 Aug 1917). |
| ~Cast~ Ethel Clayton ... Milly West Walter Hiers ... Tim Ennis Clyde Fillmore ... David Muir Lillian Leighton ... Ma Ennis William Boyd ... Hughie Ray Rose Cade ... Annie Robert Brower ... Parson Neil Helen Jerome Eddy ... Hester Neil Sylvia Ashton ... Mrs. Babb Bartine Burkett Johnny Fox |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced & Released by: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Cinematography by: Alfred Gilks Art Direction by: Wilfred Buckland Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: Robert Lee Presenter: Jesse L. Lasky Length: 5 Reels Runtime: 50 Minutes Released: 17 Oct 1920 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
When vaudeville dancer, Milly West, is injured while performing, her doctor informs her that she can never bear
children. While she is recuperating at Mrs. Babb's boarding house, fellow lodger Tim Ennis falls in love with
Milly, who rejects him. When Tim writes his mother that he intends to commit suicide, she becomes alarmed
and prevails upon David Muir, a friend of the family, to visit Tim. At Mrs. Babb's, David meets Milly and falls
in love, while Tim, who has forgotten about suicide, becomes enamored of the minister's daughter when he
discovers that she cooks delicious doughnuts. Meanwhile, David persuades Milly to return with him and
recuperate in the country and later proposes to her. Remembering that she can never bear children, she plans to
run away; but David discovers the truth and convinces her that they can adopt a child.
Plot Synopsis from AFI.com
children. While she is recuperating at Mrs. Babb's boarding house, fellow lodger Tim Ennis falls in love with
Milly, who rejects him. When Tim writes his mother that he intends to commit suicide, she becomes alarmed
and prevails upon David Muir, a friend of the family, to visit Tim. At Mrs. Babb's, David meets Milly and falls
in love, while Tim, who has forgotten about suicide, becomes enamored of the minister's daughter when he
discovers that she cooks delicious doughnuts. Meanwhile, David persuades Milly to return with him and
recuperate in the country and later proposes to her. Remembering that she can never bear children, she plans to
run away; but David discovers the truth and convinces her that they can adopt a child.
Plot Synopsis from AFI.com
| ~343-10: Ethel Clayton & Sylvia Ashton~ |
| ~343-11: Clyde Fillmore & Ethel Clayton~ |
| ~343-35: Ethel Clayton~ |
| ~343-9: Ethel Clayton & Sylvia Ashton~ |