The Sporting Chance (1925)
Pat Winthrop becomes engaged to Bob Shelby, a southerner who owns Kentucky Boy, a horse entered in the Nassau Handicap. To save her father from going to jail, Pat later breaks her engagement to Bob and accepts the proposal of Darrell Thornton, a smooth bounder insincere in racing as in love. Bob owes Thornton money, and, the night before the handicap, Thornton attaches Kentucky Boy. Bob steals the horse from his stall, and Bob's jockey rides him to victory. The purse saves Pat's father from jail and allows Bob to repay Thornton. Pat and Bob are married.
- Data di uscita
- 1925-07-21
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Durata
- 1 h 10 min
- Generi
- Dramma
- Regista
- Oscar Apfel
Cast
- Lou Tellegen — Darrell Thornton
- Dorothy Phillips — Patricia Winthrop
- George Fawcett — Caleb Winthrop
- Theodore von Eltz — Robert Selby
- Sheldon Lewis — Michael Collins
- Andy Clark — Jockey
- Oscar Apfel
- Toy Gallagher
Curiosità
The Sporting Chance è un film muto del 1925 diretto da Oscar Apfel che aveva come interpreti Lou Tellegen, Dorothy Phillips, George Fawcett, Theodore von Eltz, Sheldon Lewis. Il soggetto di Jack Boyle fu adattato per lo schermo da John P. Bernard.
Produzione
Il film fu prodotto dalla Tiffany Productions.
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