A City Sparrow
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.
Plot
As summarized in a film magazine, Milly West, a cabaret dancer becomes injured, and after a surgeon says she cannot become a mother, she gives up on love. Tim loves her and after she rejects him, writes his mother in the country that he has killed himself. David, 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.