Racing Blood (1926 film)
Racing Blood is a 1926 American silent sports drama film directed by Frank Richardson and starring Robert Agnew, Anne Cornwall and John Elliott.[1]
| Racing Blood | |
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| Directed by | Frank Richardson |
| Written by | James Bell Smith |
| Produced by | Renaud Hoffman Samuel Sax Glenn Belt |
| Starring | Robert Agnew Anne Cornwall John Elliott |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
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| Distributed by | Lumas Film Corporation Stoll Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Synopsis
College student James Fleming discovers that his uncle has gambled away his inheritance on a horse race and then killed himself. Worse it was at the hands of the man whose daughter James is in love with. He goes to work as a journalist and loses touch with her. He acquires a horse, unknowingly the very animal whose victory led to his uncle's downfall. He plans to race it in a steeplechase, but when he is unable to qualify his former girlfriend takes over and rides it to victory before they reconcile.
Cast
- Robert Agnew as James Fleminng
- Anne Cornwall as Muriel Sterlinng
- John Elliott as John Sterling
- Clarence Geldert as Harris Fleming
- Charles Sellon as 'Doc' Morton
- Robert Hale as Jockey Joe Brooks
References
- Connelly p.400
Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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