The Whip (1928)
Lord Brancaster, a decent and upright British nobleman, loses his memory in an accident. While in this amnesiac condition, he becomes involved with the training of a horse, the Whip, for racing at Ascot.
- Date of release
- 1928-09-16
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Charles Brabin
Casting
- Dorothy Mackaill — Lady Diana
- Ralph Forbes — Lord Brancaster
- Anna Q. Nilsson — Iris d'Aquila
- Lowell Sherman — Greville Sartoris
- Albert Gran — Sam Kelley
- Marc McDermott — Lord Beverly
- Louis Payne — Lambert
- Arthur Clayton — Richard Haslam
- Jack McDonald — Detective (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Whip is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Charles Brabin and starring Dorothy Mackaill. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was based on a 1912 play The Whip by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton and distributed by First National. This sound film was released with a synchronized Vitaphone soundtrack of music and sound effects. It is set in the horse racing world of England.
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