A City Sparrow (1920)
A story that warms your heart to a happy glow
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A 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.
- Release date
- October 17, 1920
- Country of origin
- United States
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
- Bartine Burkett
Crew
- Sam Wood · Director
- Kate Jordan · Writer
- Clara Genevieve Kennedy · Writer
- Alfred Gilks · Cinematographer