Chances (film)
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Directed by | Allan Dwan |
Written by | Waldemar Young (adaptation) |
Screenplay by | A. Hamilton Gibbs |
Based on | Chances by A. Hamilton Gibbs |
Produced by | First National |
Starring | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Rose Hobart |
Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
Edited by | Ray Curtiss |
Music by | David Mendoza Oscar Potoker |
Distributed by | First National and Warner Brothers |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Chances is a 1931 American Pre-Code war drama film directed by Allan Dwan, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and is based on the 1930 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs.[1]
According to Fairbanks Jr the film was a hit.[2]
Plot
During World War I, Jack (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Tom Ingleside (Anthony Bushell) are two British brother officers who happen who fall in love with the same girl Molly Prescott (Rose Hobart) while on furlough, resulting in dissention at the Front.[3]
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Jack Ingleside
- Rose Hobart as Molly Prescott
- Anthony Bushell as Tom Ingleside
- Holmes Herbert as Major Bradford
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Ingleside
- Edmund Breon as The General
uncredited
- Billy Bevan as Cuthbert, Pub Waiter
- Florence Britton as Sylvia
- David Cavendish as Bit
- Tyrell Davis as Archie
- Ethel Griffies as Drunk Flower Vendor
- Ruth Hall as Girl at Party
- Forrester Harvey as Joe, News Vendor
- Mae Madison as Ruth
- Edward Morgan as Lt. Wickham
- Jameson Thomas as Lt. Taylor
Preservation status
Preserved at the Library of Congress.[4]
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