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{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{infobox film
{{infobox film
| name = The Sporting Life
| name = Sporting Life
| image =
| image = Sporting Life lobby card 1925.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Lobby card
| caption =
| director = [[Maurice Tourneur]]
| director = [[Maurice Tourneur]]
| producer = Universal
| producer = [[Carl Laemmle]]
| writer = [[Seymour Hicks]](play)<br>[[Cecil Raleigh]]
| writer = [[Cecil Raleigh]]
| based_on = {{basedon|''Sporting Life''|[[Seymour Hicks]] and [[Cecil Raleigh]]}}
| starring = [[Bert Lytell]]
| starring = [[Bert Lytell]]
| music =
| music =
| cinematography = [[Arthur L. Todd]]
| cinematography = [[Arthur L. Todd]]
| editing =
| editing =
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released = November 29, 1925
| released = {{film date|1925|11|25}}
| runtime = 7 reels(6,709 feet)
| runtime = 7 [[reel#Motion picture terminology|reels]] (6,709 feet) (c.70 min.)
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = Silent film(English intertitles)
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
}}
}}
'''''The Sporting Life''''' is a [[1925 in film|1925]] comedy drama directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]] and a remake of Tourneur's 1918 film of the [[The Sporting Life (1918 film)|same title]] based on [[Seymour Hicks]]'s popular play. [[Universal Pictures]] produced and released the film. .<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SportingLife1925.html ''The Sporting Life'' at silentera.com]</ref><ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971</ref><ref>''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Times'' by Harry Waldman, c.2001</ref>
'''''Sporting Life''''' is a 1925 American [[silent film|silent]] [[comedy drama film]] directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]] and a [[remake]] of Tourneur's 1918 film of the [[The Sporting Life (1918 film)|same title]] based on [[Seymour Hicks]]'s popular play. [[Universal Pictures]] produced and released the film.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SportingLife1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Sporting Life''] at silentera.com</ref><ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971</ref><ref>Waldman, Harry (2001), ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Times'', McFarland {{ISBN|0-7864-0957-6}}</ref>


==Plot==
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Once thought lost, it survives at [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]].<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3203/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Sporting Life'']</ref>
As described in a film magazine review,<ref>{{Citation |title=New Pictures: ''Sporting Life'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=59 |date=10 October 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/332/mode/1up |access-date=9 October 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Lord Woodstock loses money as the backer of a musical show and hopes to recoup his losses by betting on his protégé, Joe Lee, a pugilist, and by winning the Derby with his horse, Lady Love. Olive Carteret, an actress, tries to win Woodstock, but he is in love with Nora, the daughter of his trainer. Olive conspires with Phillips, a gambler, to break him. On the night of the fight Lee is drugged. Woodstock takes his place in the ring and wins. Phillips kidnaps Nora, and Woodstock and Lee are imprisoned when they go to the rescue. They escape shortly before the race, but Lee is killed. Lady Love wins the race, and after Phillips is arrested for Lee’s murder, Woodstock and Nora are free to marry.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Bert Lytell]] - Lord Woodstock
*[[Marian Nixon]] - Nora Cavanaugh
*[[Bert Lytell]] as Lord Woodstock
*[[Paulette Duval]] - Olive Carteret
*[[Marian Nixon]] as Nora Cavanaugh
*[[Paulette Duval]] as Olive Carteret
*[[Cyril Chadwick]] - Phillips, Lord Wainwright
*[[Cyril Chadwick]] as Phillips, Lord Wainwright
*[[Charles Delaney]] - Joe Lee
*[[Charles Delaney]] as Joe Lee
*[[George Siegmann]] - Limhouse Dan Crippen
*[[George Siegmann]] as Limhouse Dan Crippen
*Oliver Eckhardt - Jim Cavanaugh
*[[Ena Gregory]] - Peggy, a Chorus Girl
*[[Oliver Eckhardt]] as Jim Cavanaugh
*[[Kathleen Clifford]] - Molly McGuire, A Chorus Girl
*[[Ena Gregory]] as Peggy, a Chorus Girl
*[[Kathleen Clifford]] as Molly McGuire, A Chorus Girl
*Frank Finch Smiles - Boxer
*[[Ted "Kid" Lewis]] - Gunner Crake, Boxer
*Frank Finch Smiles as Boxer
*[[Ted "Kid" Lewis]] as Gunner Crake, Boxer
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*[[Arthur Lake (actor)|Arthur Lake]] as Peggy's Admirer in Audience (uncredited)
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*[[Myrna Loy]] as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright (uncredited)
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*[[Lafe McKee]] as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
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*Broderick O'Farrell as Race Track Official (uncredited)
}}


==Preservation==
''unbilled''
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Once thought lost, a print of ''Sporting Life'' survives at [[UCLA Film and Television Archive]].<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3203/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Sporting Life'']</ref>
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*[[Arthur Lake (actor)|Arthur Lake]] - Peggy's Admirer in Audience
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*[[Myrna Loy]] - Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright
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*[[Lafe McKee]] - Stage Doorman
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*Broderick O'Farrell - Race Track Official


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016389/ ''The Sporting Life'' ; IMDb.com]
*{{IMDb title|id=0016389|title=The Sporting Life}}
*[http://www.allmovie.com/movie/sporting-life-v111422 ''The Sporting Life''; allmovie.com/synopsis]
*[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mFTY6Olrof0/TrPf8uLGjUI/AAAAAAAAUnw/pEtgoXYaEqI/s400/zlife.jpg lobby poster ''The Sporting Life'']
*[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mFTY6Olrof0/TrPf8uLGjUI/AAAAAAAAUnw/pEtgoXYaEqI/s400/zlife.jpg Lobby poster ''The Sporting Life'']


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Latest revision as of 06:36, 22 December 2024

Sporting Life
Lobby card
Directed byMaurice Tourneur
Written byCecil Raleigh
Based onSporting Life
by Seymour Hicks and Cecil Raleigh
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringBert Lytell
CinematographyArthur L. Todd
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • November 25, 1925 (1925-11-25)
Running time
7 reels (6,709 feet) (c.70 min.)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Sporting Life is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and a remake of Tourneur's 1918 film of the same title based on Seymour Hicks's popular play. Universal Pictures produced and released the film.[1][2][3]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[4] Lord Woodstock loses money as the backer of a musical show and hopes to recoup his losses by betting on his protégé, Joe Lee, a pugilist, and by winning the Derby with his horse, Lady Love. Olive Carteret, an actress, tries to win Woodstock, but he is in love with Nora, the daughter of his trainer. Olive conspires with Phillips, a gambler, to break him. On the night of the fight Lee is drugged. Woodstock takes his place in the ring and wins. Phillips kidnaps Nora, and Woodstock and Lee are imprisoned when they go to the rescue. They escape shortly before the race, but Lee is killed. Lady Love wins the race, and after Phillips is arrested for Lee’s murder, Woodstock and Nora are free to marry.

Cast

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Preservation

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Once thought lost, a print of Sporting Life survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Sporting Life at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  3. ^ Waldman, Harry (2001), Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Times, McFarland ISBN 0-7864-0957-6
  4. ^ "New Pictures: Sporting Life", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (3), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 59, October 10, 1925, retrieved October 9, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sporting Life
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