The Sporting Life (1925 film)

The Sporting Life
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Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Written by Cecil Raleigh
Based on "The Sporting Life
by Seymour Hicks
Starring Bert Lytell
Cinematography Arthur L. Todd
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • November 25, 1925 (1925-11-25)
Running time
7 reels (6,709 feet) (c.70 min.)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Sporting Life is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and a remake of Tourneur's 1918 film of the same title based on Seymour Hicks's popular play. Universal Pictures produced and released the film.[1][2][3]

Once thought lost, it survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]

Cast

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  • Arthur Lake as Peggy's Admirer in Audience
  • Myrna Loy as Chorus Girl with Lord Wainwright
  • Lafe McKee as Stage Doorman
  • Broderick O'Farrell as Race Track Official

References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Sporting Life at silentera.com
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  3. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Times by Harry Waldman, c.2001
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sporting Life


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