Womanpower (1926)
Comedy-drama | 19 September 1926
Director:
Harry BeaumontWriter:
Kenneth B. ClarkeCinematographer:
Rudolph BergquistProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.The Var review and some other contemporary sources listed the film's title as Woman Power. Harold MacGrath's short story was also used as the basis for the 1942 Twentieth Century-Fox film Right to the Heart, directed by Eugene Forde and staring Brenda Joyce and Joseph Allen, Jr. (see entry). ...
The Var review and some other contemporary sources listed the film's title as Woman Power. Harold MacGrath's short story was also used as the basis for the 1942 Twentieth Century-Fox film Right to the Heart, directed by Eugene Forde and staring Brenda Joyce and Joseph Allen, Jr. (see entry).
Johnny Bromley, a rich young idler, goaded by the sneering laughter of Dot, a vamp, and by his father's open contempt, retires to a prizefighters' training camp for rehabilitation. There he meets Jenny Killian, daughter of the camp owner, and with her encouragement and love he overcomes the unpleasant memories of Dot's accusations of cowardice. When at last he is a success, he wins the hand of Jenny in marriage and his parent's forgiveness; upon meeting his former rival (The Broker) with Dot, he surprises him with a swift punch in the ...
Johnny Bromley, a rich young idler, goaded by the sneering laughter of Dot, a vamp, and by his father's open contempt, retires to a prizefighters' training camp for rehabilitation. There he meets Jenny Killian, daughter of the camp owner, and with her encouragement and love he overcomes the unpleasant memories of Dot's accusations of cowardice. When at last he is a success, he wins the hand of Jenny in marriage and his parent's forgiveness; upon meeting his former rival (The Broker) with Dot, he surprises him with a swift punch in the jaw.
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