The Sporting Lover
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| The Sporting Lover | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alan Hale |
| Produced by | Edward Small E.M. Asher |
| Based on | play Good Luck by Ian Hay |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
The Sporting Lover is a 1926 American 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.
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
- Conway Tearle as Captain Terrance Connaughton
- Barbara Bedford as Lady Gwendolyn
- Ward Crane as Captain Sir Phillip Barton
- Arthur Rankin as Algernon Cravens
- Charles McHugh as Paddy O'Brien – Connaughton's Servant
- Johnny Fox as Aloysius Patrick O'Brien – Paddy's Son
- Bodil Rosing as Nora O'Brien
- George Ovey as Jockey
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