A City Sparrow
1920, English. Directed by Sam Wood.
A story that warms your heart to a happy glow
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 17 October 1920
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Clara Genevieve Kennedy, Kate Jordan
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A City Sparrow isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 October 1920. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed A City Sparrow?
A City Sparrow (1920) was directed by Sam Wood and stars Ethel Clayton, Walter Hiers, Clyde Fillmore.