Which 1917 British silent drama film stars the professional boxer with the nickname "The Mighty Atom"?
A Pit Boy's Romance A Pit Boy's Romance is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by A.E. Coleby and Arthur Rooke and starring Jimmy Wilde, Tommy Noble and Arthur Rooke. The film ends with the villain's protégé losing a boxing match to the hero, a plot similar to that of Coleby's film of the previous year "Kent, the Fighting Man".
Jack Hobbs (actor) Jack Hobbs (1893–1968) was a British stage and film actor who appeared in more than forty films. After making his debut in the 1915 silent "The Yoke" Hobbs appeared in a mixture of leading and supporting roles in both the silent and sound eras. He played the hero in several quota quickies of the 1930s, including "All That Glitters" (1936). He was cast as an effectively glib, smooth-talking antagonist in two George Formby films "No Limit" (1935) and "It's in the Air" (1938).