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The World's Champion is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phil Rosen released in USA on 12 march 1922 with Wallace Reid

The World's Champion (1922)

The World's Champion
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Released in USA 12 march 1922
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance

The World's Champion is a 1922 silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The movie is based on the play The Champion by Thomas Louden and A.E. Thomas that was produced on Broadway in 1921. The film was directed by Phil Rosen and starred Wallace Reid. This film survives in an incomplete form at the Library of Congress.

Actors

Wallace Reid

(William Burroughs)
Lois Wilson

(Lady Elizabeth)
Lionel Belmore

(John Burroughs)
Rube Miller

(George Burrooughs)
Helen Dunbar

(Mrs. Burroughs)
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