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A City Sparrow

A City Sparrow

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 17, 1920

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

A City Sparrow

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Director

Sam Wood

Description

A drama starring Ethel Clayton. Milly West (Clayton) is a dancer who has her heart bent on stardom. She has an admirer in country boy Tim Ennis (Walter Hiers), who lives in the same boarding house as she does, but she turns down his marriage proposal. During a performance, Milly is injured and can't get her strength back to get another gig. Hughie Ray (William Boyd), a pal of Tim's, comes to town and offers to take Milly back to the country to recuperate. She takes him up on his offer and after she has been there a while he proposes. But Milly has been told that her injury makes it impossible for her to bear children; since she knows that Ray loves kids she tries to leave him.