The Sporting Lover
Appearance
The Sporting Lover | |
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Directed by | Alan Hale |
Produced by | Edward Small E.M. Asher |
Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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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 as Captain Terrance Connaughton
- Barbara Bedford as Lady Gwendolyn
- Ward Crane as Captain Sir Phillip Barton
- Arthur Rankin as Algernon Cravens
- Charles McHugh as Paddy O'Brien – Connaughton's Servant
- Johnny Fox as Aloysius Patrick O'Brien – Paddy's Son
- Bodil Rosing as Nora O'Brien
- George Ovey as 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. 4 July 1926. p. F2.
- ^ ""THE SPORTING LOVER."". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 9 December 1926. p. 9. Retrieved 15 June 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
Categories:
- 1926 films
- American films
- Horse racing films
- English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Films based on works by Ian Hay
- Films directed by Alan Hale
- 1920s romance films
- First National Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- Films produced by Edward Small
- Films set in London
- Romance film stubs
- Sports film stubs