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Sporting Life
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6709 feet
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Bert Lytell [Lord Woodstock], Marian Nixon [Norah Cavanaugh], Paulette Duval [Olive Carteret], Cyril Chadwick [Phillips], Charles Delaney [Joe Lee], George Siegmann [Dan Crippen], Oliver Eckhardt [Cavanaugh], Ena Gregory [a chorus girl], Kathleen Clifford [a chorus girl], Frank Finch Smiles [a boxer], Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis [a boxer]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Curtis Benton, from the play Sporting Life by Cecil Raleigh and Seymour Hicks. Art direction by Leo E. Kuter. Cinematography by Arthur Todd. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 16 October 1925 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP21919]. Released [?] 27 September or 29 November? 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / FilmYearBook-1926 p. 55 mistakenly lists Gloria Swanson as appearing in the film, due to a typesetter’s mistake — House Peters may have appeared in this film. The play was previously filmed as Sporting Life (1918).
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Gambling
Listing updated: 4 December 2023.
References: Edmonds-BigU p. 141; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 55; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 50 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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