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1925 film

Champion of Lost Causes
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Chester Bennett
Written by	Thomas Dixon Jr.
Based on	"Champion of Lost Causes" by Max Brand
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Edmund Lowe Barbara Bedford Walter McGrail
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	January 22, 1925 (1925-01-22)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Champion of Lost Causes is a lost 1925 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Edmund Lowe, Barbara Bedford, and Walter McGrail. A writer in search of a story visits a gambling club and witnesses a murder, which he attempts to solve.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Loring, an author, in getting material for a book, goes to a gambling den. He sees Wilbur, who acts strangely. He follows him and when Wilbur is killed, Peter Charles, father of Beatrice Charles, is accused of the murder. The gambler gives him a fictitious story about a murderous gang when Loring attempts to solve the murder mystery. Several attempts are made on his life by the gang but fail. The gambler proves to be Beatrice’s villainous fiancee, and when he confesses the murder Loring wins the young woman.

Cast

Edmund Lowe as Loring
Barbara Bedford as Beatrice Charles
Walter McGrail as Zanten / Dick Sterling
Jack McDonald as Joseph Wilbur
Alec B. Francis as Peter Charles

Preservation

With no prints of Champion of Lost Causes located in any film archives, it is a lost film.

References

Solomon p. 292.
Progressive Silent Film List: Champion of Lost Causes at silentera.com
"New Pictures: Champion of Lost Causes", Exhibitors Herald, 20 (13): 51, March 21, 1925, retrieved December 19, 2021
Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Champion of Lost Causes

Bibliography

Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.

External links

Champion of Lost Causes at IMDb

v t e Works by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Novels	The Leopard's Spots The One Woman The Clansman The Traitor Comrades The Root of Evil The Sins of the Father The Foolish Virgin The Fall of a Nation The Flaming Sword
Plays	The Clansman The Traitor The Sins of the Father The Leopard's Spots
Films	The Birth of a Nation The Fall of a Nation The Foolish Virgin (1916) The One Woman Bolshevism on Trial Wing Toy The Brass Bowl The Foolish Virgin (1924) Champion of Lost Causes The Trail Rider The Gentle Cyclone Nation Aflame

v t e Films directed by Chester Bennett
When a Man Loves (1919) A Master Stroke (1920) Captain Swift (1920) The Purple Cipher (1920) The Romance Promoters (1920) Diamonds Adrift (1921) Three Sevens (1921) The Secret of the Hills (1921) Belle of Alaska (1922) Colleen of the Pines (1922) The Snowshoe Trail (1922) Thelma (1922) Divorce (1923) The Painted Lady (1924) The Lullaby (1924) The Ancient Mariner (1925) Champion of Lost Causes (1925) Honesty – The Best Policy (1926)

Films directed by Chester Bennett

When a Man Loves (1919)
A Master Stroke (1920)
Captain Swift (1920)
The Purple Cipher (1920)
The Romance Promoters (1920)
Diamonds Adrift (1921)
Three Sevens (1921)
The Secret of the Hills (1921)
Belle of Alaska (1922)
Colleen of the Pines (1922)
The Snowshoe Trail (1922)
Thelma (1922)
Divorce (1923)
The Painted Lady (1924)
The Lullaby (1924)
The Ancient Mariner (1925)
Champion of Lost Causes (1925)
Honesty – The Best Policy (1926)

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