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| image = Sporting Life lobby card 1925.jpg |
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| director = [[Maurice Tourneur]] |
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| producer = [[Carl Laemmle]] |
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| writer = [[Cecil Raleigh]] |
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| based_on = {{basedon|''Sporting Life''|[[Seymour Hicks]] and [[Cecil Raleigh]]}} |
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| starring = [[Bert Lytell]] |
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| cinematography = [[Arthur L. Todd]] |
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| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]] |
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==Plot== |
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A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes. |
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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Revision as of 04:59, 26 May 2020
| Sporting Life | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Maurice Tourneur |
| Written by | Cecil Raleigh |
| Based on | Sporting Life by Seymour Hicks and Cecil Raleigh |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Bert Lytell |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels (6,709 feet) (c.70 min.) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (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]
Once thought lost, it survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]
Plot
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.
Cast
- Bert Lytell as Lord Woodstock
- Marian Nixon as Nora Cavanaugh
- Paulette Duval as Olive Carteret
- Cyril Chadwick as Phillips, Lord Wainwright
- Charles Delaney as Joe Lee
- George Siegmann as Limhouse Dan Crippen
- Oliver Eckhardt as Jim Cavanaugh
- Ena Gregory as Peggy, a Chorus Girl
- Kathleen Clifford as Molly McGuire, A Chorus Girl
- Frank Finch Smiles as Boxer
- Ted "Kid" Lewis as Gunner Crake, Boxer
unbilled
- Arthur Lake as Peggy's Admirer in Audience
- Myrna Loy as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright
- Lafe McKee as Stage Doorman
- Broderick O'Farrell as Race Track Official
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Sporting Life at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Times by Harry Waldman, c.2001
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sporting Life
External links
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Categories:
- 1925 films
- American silent feature films
- American films
- Films directed by Maurice Tourneur
- Rediscovered films
- Films set in England
- Films set in London
- American films based on plays
- 1920s comedy-drama films
- American comedy-drama films
- Universal Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- Silent comedy-drama film stubs