A Pit Boy's Romance is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by A. E. Coleby and Arthur Rooke and starring Jimmy Wilde, Tommy Noble and Arthur Rooke.[1] The film ends with the villain's protégé losing a boxing match to the hero, a plot similar to that of Coleby's film of the previous year Kent, the Fighting Man.[2]
| A Pit-boy's Romance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | A. E. Coleby Arthur Rooke |
| Written by | A. E. Coleby Arthur Rooke |
| Starring | Jimmy Wilde Tommy Noble A. E. Coleby Arthur Rooke |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
References
edit- ^ "A Pit Boy's Romance (1917) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ Low p.181
Bibliography
edit- Low, Rachael. The History of British Film: Volume III, 1914-1918. Routledge, 2001.
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