''Cupid's Knockout'' is a 1926 American
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comedy
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action film directed by
Bruce Mitchell and starring
Frank Merrill
Frank Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 – December 11, 1955) was a United States Army general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II ...
, Andrée Tourneur and
George B. French
George B. French (April 14, 1883 – June 9, 1961) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between the mid-1910s and early 1940s.
Selected filmography
* '' Wanted: A Leading Lady'' (1915)
* ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (191 ...
.
Synopsis
Milkman
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Frank Gibson rescues Sally Hibbard who is under pressure from a corrupt city boss to marry her.
Cast
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Frank Merrill
Frank Dow Merrill (December 4, 1903 – December 11, 1955) was a United States Army general and is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, officially the 5307th Composite Unit (provisional), in the Burma Campaign of World War II ...
Frank Gibson
* Andrée Tourneur as Sally Hibbard
* Don Fuller as David Manning
* Marco Charles as 'Measles' Martin
*
George B. French
George B. French (April 14, 1883 – June 9, 1961) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between the mid-1910s and early 1940s.
Selected filmography
* '' Wanted: A Leading Lady'' (1915)
* ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (191 ...
as George Hibbard
*
Mathilde Brundage
Mathilde Brundage (September 22, 1859 – May 6, 1939) was an American actress. She appeared in 87 films between 1914 and 1928.
Also known as Bertha Brundage, she was born in Louisville, Kentucky. For much of her life, her family thwarted her de ...
as Mrs. Hibbard
* William T. Hayes as 'Rubber Chin' Smith
References
Bibliography
* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
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1926 films
1920s action comedy films
American silent feature films
American action comedy films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Bruce M. Mitchell
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
Silent American comedy films
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