Racing Hearts | |
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Directed by | Paul Powell |
Screenplay by | Byron Morgan Will M. Ritchey |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Agnes Ayres Richard Dix Theodore Roberts Robert Cain Warren Rogers J. Farrell MacDonald Ed Brady |
Cinematography | Bert Baldridge |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Racing Hearts is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film directed by Paul Powell and written by Byron Morgan and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Agnes Ayres, Richard Dix, Theodore Roberts, Robert Cain, Warren Rogers, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Ed Brady. The film was released on July 15, 1923, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]
As described in a film magazine review, [3] Virginia Kent believes that her father's automobile business needs publicity to save it from ruin. She tricks him into consenting to have a special car made for the race. She meets Robby Smith, the son of the owner of a rival business, and a love affair develops between the two. The selected driver of the car, Fred Claxton, has been bribed by the rival concern, and just before the race is set to begin tries to quit. Virginia takes his place and drives the car to victory with the assistance of Robby, who drives one of his father's cars.
With no prints of Racing Hearts located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.
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