The Sporting Lover

The Sporting Lover
Directed by	Alan Hale
Produced by	Edward Small E.M. Asher
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	June 17, 1926 (1926-06-17) (New York)^[1]
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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

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

^ "The Sporting Lover". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
^ 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 IMDb
The Sporting Lover at TCMDB

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1940s	My Son, My Son! (1940) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) South of Pago Pago (1940) Kit Carson (1940) International Lady (1941) The Corsican Brothers (1941) A Gentleman After Dark (1942) Twin Beds (1942) Miss Annie Rooney (1942) Friendly Enemies (1942) Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) Brewster's Millions (1945) Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Temptation (1946) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) T-Men (1947) The Black Arrow (1948) The Fuller Brush Man (1948) Raw Deal (1948) Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) Black Magic (1949)
1950s	Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) The Iroquois Trail (1950) Valentino (1951) Lorna Doone (1951) The Texas Rangers (1951) Indian Uprising (1952) Scandal Sheet (1952) The Brigand (1952) Cripple Creek (1952) Kansas City Confidential (1952) The Bandits of Corsica (1953) Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Dragon's Gold (1953) Gun Belt (1953) The Neanderthal Man (1953) 99 River Street (1953) Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) The Steel Lady (1953) Wicked Woman (1953) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) Khyber Patrol (1954) The Lone Gun (1954) Overland Pacific (1954) Return to Treasure Island (1954) Southwest Passage (1954) Down Three Dark Streets (1954) New York Confidential (1955) The Naked Street (1955) Top Gun (1955) Comanche (1955) Gun Brothers (1956) UFO (1956) Chicago Confidential (1957) 5 Steps to Danger (1957) Gun Duel in Durango (1957) The Iron Sheriff (1957) Monkey on My Back (1957) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958) Witness for the Prosecution (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Timbuktu (1959) (had name removed from credits) Vice Raid (1959)
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