A Sporting Chance (1919)
John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi Brunette), out of a jam. He finds her bending over a man who she has apparently killed, and since he's about to kill himself anyway, he offers to assume the blame. Throw a valuable emerald into the works, and the fact that the dead man suddenly comes back to life, and Stonehouse -- not to mention the audience -- becomes thoroughly befuddled by it all. Everything clears up, however, when Gilberte gives him a theater ticket -- it turns out that everything he went through was the plot to a stage play, enacted in real life by the actors. The critics roasted the play, saying it wasn't true to life, and this was their proof that the situations really could happen. Gilberte retires from acting when Stonehouse proposes.
- Fecha de estreno
- 1919-06-28
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (4)
- Duración
- 1 h 0 min
- Géneros
- Misterio, Drama, Comedia
- Director
- Henry King
Reparto
- William Russell — John Stonehouse
- Fritzi Brunette — Gilberte Bonheur
- George Periolat — Edward Craig
- J. Farrell MacDonald — Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
- Lee Hill — George Cornhill
- Harvey Clark — Aaron Witt
- Perry Banks — Anthony James
Curiosidades
A Sporting Chance is a surviving 1919 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and produced by starring William Russell. It was distributed through Pathé Exchange. It is not to be confused with another film released a month later by Paramount called A Sporting Chance starring Ethel Clayton which is lost.
Leer en Wikipedia · Texto de Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Datos de Wikidata.
Recomendadas
- Vidas cruzadas 1993 · ★ 7.2
- Jo, ¡qué noche! 1985 · ★ 7.5
- La trampa de la muerte 1982 · ★ 6.7
- Seis grados de separación 1993 · ★ 6.4
- El gran salto 1994 · ★ 7.1
- Corredor sin retorno 1963 · ★ 7.0
- Cena a las ocho 1933 · ★ 6.8
- La viuda negra 1954 · ★ 6.4
- Barton Fink 1991 · ★ 7.5
- El juego de Hollywood 1992 · ★ 7.2
- La máscara de Dimitrios 1944 · ★ 7.1
- El rey de la comedia 1982 · ★ 7.8