The Sporting Lover

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The Sporting Lover
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Directed by Alan Hale
Written by Carey Wilson
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Based on Good Luck by Ian Hay
Produced by Edward Small
E.M. Asher
Starring Conway Tearle
Barbara Bedford
Ward Crane
Cinematography Faxon M. Dean
Robert Newhard
Edited byEdward M. Roskam
Production
company
Faultless Pictures
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • June 17, 1926 (1926-06-17)(New York) [1]
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Sporting Lover is a 1926 American silent 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.

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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

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References

  1. "The Sporting Lover". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute . Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. BFI.org
  3. "THRILLS AT AMBASSADOR". The Washington Post. July 4, 1926. p. F2.
  4. ""THE SPORTING LOVER."". The Advertiser . Adelaide. December 9, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved June 15, 2013 via National Library of Australia.