Patent Leather Pug (1926)
Directed by Albert Rogell
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Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein
Billy Sullivan starred in this minor silent action melodrama as a boxer who must become financially independent in order to marry his girlfriend (Ruth Dwyer). A group of adversaries led by the girl's father (J.P. McGowan) unsuccessfully attempt to sabotage the championship match. The nephew of legendary heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, Billy Sullivan starred in a series of very low-budget boxing and action melodramas produced by poverty row entrepreneur Harry J. Brown.