The Sporting Chance is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Lou Tellegen, Dorothy Phillips, and George Fawcett.Wlaschin p. 251Progressive Silent Film List: The Sporting Chance at silentera.com
Plot As described in a film magazine review, when Darrell Thornton rejects the attentions of her wealthy Northerner admirer, she learns that her sweetheart, a Southerner, is in danger of having his race horse attacked by the Sheriff for his debts. The Northerner is willing to keep the horse from being attacked and keep the Southerner from jail if Miss Thornton will be his bride. She makes the promise to marry the Northerner. However, after the race horse has been smuggled onto the race track and hitched to an ice cream truck, it wins the race, recovering enough prize money to stay the debts. Patricia is now free to reject her suitor and marry the Southerner.
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Censorship Before The Sporting Chance could be exhibited in Kansas, the Kansas Board of Review required the removal of drinking scenes and the scene where an old man is looking at a woman's hose while she is riding a horse.
References
Bibliography Ken Wlaschin. Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland & Co., 2009.
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