Counsel for the Defense

Counsel for the Defense
Trade advertisement
Directed byBurton L. King
Written byArthur Hoerl
Screenplay byArthur Hoerl
Based onCounsel for the Defense
by Leroy Scott
Produced byEdward S. Silton
StarringJay Hunt
House Peters
Betty Compson
CinematographyNed Van Buren
George Porter
Production
company
Burton King Productions
Distributed byAssociated Exhibitors
Release date
  • December 6, 1925 (1925-12-06)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Counsel for the Defense is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Jay Hunt, Betty Compson, and House Peters. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Leroy Scott.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] two men who wish to give the town's waterworks into the hands of a private company are opposed by Doc West, an old doctor. To clear the path for their scheme, they have the doctor arrested and charged with bribery. No local lawyer wishes to oppose the powerful schemers, so the doctor's daughter Katherine defends him. He loses his case, but the young woman unearths evidence against his enemies, clears his name, and has the others brought to justice.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Counsel for the Defense located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Counsel for the Defense at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Counsel for the Defense
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Counsel for the Defense", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (12), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 68, December 12, 1925, retrieved December 2, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Counsel for the Defense
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