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  • The Honor of a Pugilist (1912)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Honor of a Pugilist (1912)
Short | Short, Drama
Tim Carver, a rising young ring aspirant, who has been trying to get a fight with Sting Dunlap, the middleweight champion, receives n letter from Dunlap's manager informing him that if he will post a forfeit of one thousand dollars by noon...See moreTim Carver, a rising young ring aspirant, who has been trying to get a fight with Sting Dunlap, the middleweight champion, receives n letter from Dunlap's manager informing him that if he will post a forfeit of one thousand dollars by noon of that day, Dunlap will meet him. Tim has not the money and neither his trainer nor himself know where to raise it, until Tim recollects a prominent clubman, a Mr. Wall, who once offered to help him. Going to Mr. Wall's hotel, he explains matters to him and the clubman agrees to put up the money. The articles are signed for the fight and Tim resumes his training. One day while in Mr. Wall's hotel, Tim renders a great service to a young society girl and he afterwards escorts her to her home. The acquaintance thus formed soon ripens into love and Tim proposes to her and is accepted. The day of the fight, the girl and her mother are looking over a newspaper and there see Tim's picture with a notice of the fight. This is the first intimation they have received regarding Tim's occupation and both of them are horrified. Tim calling shortly afterwards, is told that the engagement between them is over and is handed his ring. He pleads with the girl to reconsider her decision, but she tells him, that if he fights again she will never marry him. Tim is thus placed between two fires; if he goes on with the fight, he loses his fiancée; if he gives up the fight, he causes his backer, Mr. Wall, to lose his thousand dollars. He feels in honor bound to keep faith with his backer, so after a brief mental struggle, he resigns all hope of ever marrying the girl. The fight comes off and Tim is declared the new middleweight champion. The girl, however she might object to Tim's profession, is, at least, intensely interested in his personal welfare and follows the fight by means of a ticker and duly faints at its conclusion. A few days later Tim calls on her and convincing her that he has given up the prize ring forever, finally persuades her to forgive him and allow him to again place his ring upon her finger. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Pat Powers
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Updated Mar 5, 1912
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Mar 5, 1912 (United States)

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