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The Abysmal Brute
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7373 feet
Directed by Hobart Henley

Cast: Reginald Denny [Pat Glendon Jr.], Mabel Julienne Scott [?] [Marion Sangster or Maude Sangster]?, Charles K. French [Pat Glendon Sr.], Hayden Stevenson [San Stubener], David Torrence [Mortimer Sangster], George Stewart [Wilfred Sangster], Buddy Messinger [Buddy Sangster], Crauford Kent [Deane Warner], Dorothea Wolbert [Mrs. MacTavish], Julia Brown [Violet MacTavish], Harry Mann [Abe Levinsky], Kid Wagner [‘Battling’ Levinsky], Jack Herrick [‘Rough House’ Ratigan], Irene Haisman [Gwendolyn], Nell Craig [Daisy Emerson], Will R. Walling [Farrell], Bess Flowers

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A Hobart Henley Production; Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by A.P. Younger, from the novel The Abysmal Brute by Jack London. Assistant director, Thomas C. Regan. Cinematography by Charles J. Stumar. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 30 March 1923 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18834]. Released 15 April 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as Conflict (1936).

Comedy-Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 40.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Authors: Jack London - Jews - Rescues - Scots - Sports: Boxing - USA: California: San Francisco

Listing updated: 4 January 2025.

References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 320, 449; Edmonds-BigU p. 131; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 40; Sherwood-Best p. 154 : ClasIm-240 p. 47 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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