The Knockout
Lorna Duveen with bear cubs
Directed byLambert Hillyer
Written byJoseph F. Poland
Earle Snell
Marion Fairfax
Based onThe Come-Back
by Morris DeCamp Crawford
StarringMilton Sills
CinematographyRoy Carpenter
Edited byArthur Tavares
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • August 23, 1925 (1925-08-23)
Running time
8 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Knockout is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Milton Sills. It was based on the novel The Come-Back by Morris DeCamp Crawford. It was produced by and released by First National Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews,[3] Sandy Donlin, world’s light heavyweight boxing champion, hurts his right arm and is told by his doctor that, if he uses the arm in the fight, he will never use it again. Because he thinks the arm useless, he accepts the offer of the lumberman Parker to become his manager in a Canadian lumber camp. Donlin accepts because he has just met and fallen in love with Jean Farot, daughter of Parker’s rival. Parker wants Donlin at the camp because he can whip Jack Ducane, the foreman for Farot, who has blocked the efforts of Parker’s men to jam Farot’s logs. Ducane accuses Donlin of getting the Farot loggers drunk to cause them to jam the logs. Donlin learns in the ensuing fight that the right arm has healed. Parker’s men blow up Farot’s dam and jam the river with logs. Donlin offers to break the jam and unsuccessfully tries dynamite. Jean loses faith in Donlin’s love because she thinks he is in the plot against her father, who is in Parker’s debt. Donlin goes to New York, wins another championship fight, pays Farot’s debt, and permanently establishes himself in Jean’s favor.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Knockout located in any film archives,[4] it is now lost film. Just the trailer survives in the Library of Congress collection.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Knockout at silentera.com
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Knockout
  3. ↑ "New Pictures: The Knockout", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 22 (12): 54–55, September 12, 1925, retrieved September 6, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Knockout
  5. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, [trailer only] p. 98 c.1978 the American Film Institute
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