Counsel for the Defense (1925)
Melodrama | 6 December 1925
Cast:
Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, House Peters [ More ]Director:
Burton KingWriter:
Arthur HoerlCinematographers:
George Porter, Ned Van BurenAt least one source gives the actor playing "Hosea Hollingsworth" as George MacDowell. Copyright records have been followed.
The scenario was based on the 1912 novel Counsel for the Defense by Leroy Scott. An item in the 25 Jul 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review noted that casting was currently in progress; the picture’s working title was reported as The Attorney for the Defense. Filming was completed over the course of sixteen days at Selig Studios in Los Angeles, CA, as noted in the 2 Sep 1925 Var. Cast members House Peters and Jay Hunt were loaned from Universal Pictures Corp. and Fox Film Corp., respectively.
Articles in the 24 Oct 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review and the 5 Dec 1925 Exhibitors Herald announced that the film was scheduled for release on 6 Dec 1925 as the first of distributor Associated Exhibitors’ “Triumphant Thirty” for the winter season. The 13 Jun 1926 Film Daily identified Ideal Films as the picture’s British distributor.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2020. ...
At least one source gives the actor playing "Hosea Hollingsworth" as George MacDowell. Copyright records have been followed.
The scenario was based on the 1912 novel Counsel for the Defense by Leroy Scott. An item in the 25 Jul 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review noted that casting was currently in progress; the picture’s working title was reported as The Attorney for the Defense. Filming was completed over the course of sixteen days at Selig Studios in Los Angeles, CA, as noted in the 2 Sep 1925 Var. Cast members House Peters and Jay Hunt were loaned from Universal Pictures Corp. and Fox Film Corp., respectively.
Articles in the 24 Oct 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review and the 5 Dec 1925 Exhibitors Herald announced that the film was scheduled for release on 6 Dec 1925 as the first of distributor Associated Exhibitors’ “Triumphant Thirty” for the winter season. The 13 Jun 1926 Film Daily identified Ideal Films as the picture’s British distributor.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2020.
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds ...
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds Arnold.
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