Scrap Iron
Brief Synopsis
John Steel is a poor boy with a gentle spirit, but he has a natural gift for fighting. His mother is a strict pacifist, so although he has opportunities to make a career as a boxer, he refuses - until hard times force him to enter the ring despite his mother's pleas.
Cast & Crew
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Charles Ray
Director
Charles Ray
John Steel
Lydia Knott
John's mother
Vera Steadman
Midge Flannigan
Tom Wilson
Bill Dugan
Tom O'brien
Battling Burke
Film Details
Release Date
May
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Charles Ray Productions
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Scrap Iron" by Charles E. Van Loan in The Saturday Evening Post (publication date undetermined).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,747ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
John Steel, a mill worker and amateur boxer, gives up boxing at the request of his invalid mother and is called a coward by his fellow workers, who christen him "Scrap Iron." John is in love with Midge Flannigan, but she rejects him when he refuses to fight with professional Battling Burke, and John loses his job when he is late returning from lunch. In order to send his mother to Florida, John accepts the offer of promoter Bill Dugan to be the loser in a fight with Burke in exchange for $200; in the fourth round, however, John fights back, knocks out his opponent, and wins the match. Midge is repentant, but when his mother has a recurrent attack John promises to devote himself to restoring her health.
Director
Charles Ray
Director
Cast
Charles Ray
John Steel
Lydia Knott
John's mother
Vera Steadman
Midge Flannigan
Tom Wilson
Bill Dugan
Tom O'brien
Battling Burke
Stanton Heck
Big Tim Riley
Charles Wheelock
Matt Brady
Claude Berkeley
John's chum
Film Details
Release Date
May
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Charles Ray Productions
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Scrap Iron" by Charles E. Van Loan in The Saturday Evening Post (publication date undetermined).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,747ft
(7 reels)
