Won by a Head
Encyclopedia
Won by a Head is a 1920 British
silent
sports film directed by Percy Nash
and starring Rex Davis
, Frank Tennant
and Vera Cornish
. It was set in the horseracing world.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
sports film directed by Percy Nash
Percy Nash
-Selected filmography:* Enoch Arden * Disraeli * Darby and Joan * The Flag Lieutenant * Hobson's Choice * Won by a Head * How Kitchener Was Betrayed * The Croxley Master...
and starring Rex Davis
Rex Davis
-Selected filmography:* The House of Temperley * Won by a Head * Uncle Bernac * The Crimson Circle * The Lion's Mouse * Every Mother's Son * Motherland -Bibliography:...
, Frank Tennant
Frank Tennant
-Selected filmography:* The Murdock Trial * The Coal King * The Romany Rye * The Little Minister * Master and Man * Flying from Justice * Rodney Stone * Won by a Head...
and Vera Cornish
Vera Cornish
-Selected filmography:* A London Flat Mystery * Broken Barrier * The Woman Wins * Won by a Head...
. It was set in the horseracing world.
Cast
- Rex DavisRex Davis-Selected filmography:* The House of Temperley * Won by a Head * Uncle Bernac * The Crimson Circle * The Lion's Mouse * Every Mother's Son * Motherland -Bibliography:...
as Chester Lawton - Frank TennantFrank Tennant-Selected filmography:* The Murdock Trial * The Coal King * The Romany Rye * The Little Minister * Master and Man * Flying from Justice * Rodney Stone * Won by a Head...
as Milton Bell - Vera CornishVera Cornish-Selected filmography:* A London Flat Mystery * Broken Barrier * The Woman Wins * Won by a Head...
as Phyllis Reid - Wallace BoscoWallace Bosco-Selected filmography:* Won by a Head * The School for Scandal * The Kensington Mystery * Old Bill Through the Ages * Quinneys * Balaclava * The Man Who Changed His Name...
as Jim Kort - Douglas PayneDouglas Payne-Selected filmography:* Maria Marten * The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Little Minister * The Romany Rye * Master and Man * Flying from Justice * Fine Feathers...
- J. Edwards Barker
- Madge TreeMadge Tree-Selected filmography:* What Every Woman Knows * The Garden of Resurrection * The Silver Bridge * Won by a Head * The House of Peril * The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax...