Champion of Lost Causes

Champion of Lost Causes is a lost 1925 American silent mystery film directed by Chester Bennett and starring Edmund Lowe, Barbara Bedford, and Walter McGrail. A writer in search of a story visits a gambling club and witnesses a murder, which he attempts to solve.^[1][2]

Champion of Lost Causes
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Chester Bennett
Written by	Thomas Dixon Jr.
Based on	"Champion of Lost Causes" by Max Brand
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Edmund Lowe Barbara Bedford Walter McGrail
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	January 22, 1925 (1925-01-22)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Barbara Bedford, 1925

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Loring, an author, in getting material for a book, goes to a gambling den. He sees Wilbur, who acts strangely. He follows him and when Wilbur is killed, Peter Charles, father of Beatrice Charles, is accused of the murder. The gambler gives him a fictitious story about a murderous gang when Loring attempts to solve the murder mystery. Several attempts are made on his life by the gang but fail. The gambler proves to be Beatrice’s villainous fiancee, and when he confesses the murder Loring wins the young woman.

Cast

• Edmund Lowe as Loring
• Barbara Bedford as Beatrice Charles
• Walter McGrail as Zanten / Dick Sterling
• Jack McDonald as Joseph Wilbur
• Alec B. Francis as Peter Charles

Preservation

With no prints of Champion of Lost Causes located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.