The Sporting Duchess (1915 film)

The Sporting Duchess
Still with Rose Coghlan at center, pointing to her ring finger
Directed by	Barry O'Neil
Written by	Clay M. Greene
Based on	The Sporting Duchess by Cecil Raleigh, Henry Hamilton, and Augustus Thomas
Produced by	Siegmund Lubin (a Lubin Liberty Bell Feature)
Starring	Rose Coghlan Ethel Clayton
Production company	Lubin Manufacturing Company
Distributed by	V-L-S-E
Release date	June 7, 1915 (1915-06-07)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Sporting Duchess is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Barry O'Neil and starring Rose Coghlan and Ethel Clayton. It was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company and distributed by V-L-S-E. ^{[1] [2]}

The film was remade by Vitagraph Studios in 1920 with Alice Joyce in the title role.

Cast

• Rose Coghlan as The Sporting Duchess
• Ethel Clayton as Lady Muriel Desborough
• Rosetta Brice as Vivian Darville
• Frankie Mann as Annette Donnelly
• Florence Williams as Mrs. Donnelly
• Charles Brandt as Colonel Donnelly
• Ruth Bryan as Mary Aylmer
• George Soule Spencer as Lord Desborough
• James Daly as Mr. Aylmer
• George Tidmarsh as Captain Mostyn
• Joseph Kaufman as Rupert Lee
• Clarence Elmer as Dick Hammond
• Alan Quinn as Dr. Streatield
• Brooks McCloskey as Harold Desborough

Preservation

With no prints of The Sporting Duchess located in any film archives, ^[3] it is a lost film.

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Sporting Duchess at silentera.com
2. "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Sporting Duchess". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
3. "The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Sporting Duchess". web.archive.org. October 15, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2025.

External links

• The Sporting Duchess at IMDb