The Sporting Lover
The Sporting Lover | |
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Directed by | Alan Hale |
Produced by |
Edward Small E.M. Asher |
Based on | play Good Luck by Ian Hay |
Production company |
First National |
Release dates | 1926 |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
The Sporting Lover is a 1926 American sports romance film directed by Alan Hale and starring Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford and Ward Crane.[1][2] It was based on the British play Good Luck by Ian Hay.
Plot
During the First World War an American officer and a British aristocrat fall in love but are separated. After the war he returns to find her engaged to another man. The issue is settled by a bet on The Derby horse race.[3]
Cast
- Conway Tearle - Captain Terrance Connaughton
- Barbara Bedford - Lady Gwendolyn
- Ward Crane - Captain Sir Phillip Barton
- Arthur Rankin - Algernon Cravens
- Charles McHugh - Paddy O'Brien - Connaughton's Servant
- Johnny Fox - Aloysius Patrick O'Brien - Paddy's Son
- Bodil Rosing - Nora O'Brien
- George Ovey - Jockey
References
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/52388
- ↑ THRILLS AT AMBASSADOR The Washington Post (1923-1954) [Washington, D.C] 04 July 1926: F2.
- ↑ ""THE SPORTING LOVER.".". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 9 December 1926. p. 9. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
External links
- The Sporting Lover at the Internet Movie Database
- The Sporting Lover at TCMDB