The Million Dollar Handicap

The Million Dollar Handicap
Directed by	Scott Sidney
Written by	F. McGrew Willis
Based on	Thoroughbreds by William Alexander Fraser
Produced by	George C. Bertholon John C. Flinn
Starring	Edmund Burns Ralph Lewis Ward Crane
Cinematography	Devereaux Jennings
Production company	Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation FBO Pictures (UK)
Release date	February 7, 1925
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Million Dollar Handicap is a 1925 American silent sports drama film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Edmund Burns, Ralph Lewis and Ward Crane. It is based on the 1902 novel Thoroughbreds by William Alexander Fraser. It was released in Britain the following year under the alternative title The Pride of the Paddock.

Synopsis

A Southern horse breeder buys a filly named Dixie and enters her in a race, only for her to be doped and his family's fortunes to implode. Eventually his daughter rides it to victory, solving their various misfortunes.

Cast

• Edmund Burns as George Mortimer
• Ralph Lewis as John Porter
• Ward Crane as Phillip Crane
• Tom Wilson as Tom
• Clarence Burton as Langdon
• Danny Hoy as Jockey
• Rosa Gore as Marilda Porter
• Ralph Emerson as Alan Porter
• Lon Poff as Milkman

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Million Dollar Handicap at IMDb