On Your Toes (1927 film)

On Your Toes is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Reginald Denny, Barbara Worth, and Hayden Stevenson.

[2] As described in a film magazine,[3] when New York City fight manager Jack Sullivan is insulted by heavyweight ring champion "Punch" Mello insults him, he vows to find a new contender to take the title away from the champ.

He drives to Virginia with his daughter Mary to look up Elliott Beresford, who is the son of the former champion Kid Roberts.

Working as a taxi cab driver, Elliott gets into a jam and ends up knocks out Jack's new protege, so at Mary's urging he decides to try becoming a boxer.

Heartened by the knowledge that his father was Kid Roberts, Elliott wins the match and takes Mary into his arms.