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A Sporting Chance (1919)

ALL 06/28/1919 (en) Mystery, Drama, Comedy 60 Min
  • Release
    06/28/1919
  • Production
    American Film Company, William Russell Productions Inc.
  • Rotten tomato
    47%
  • Original title
    A Sporting Chance
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi Brunette), out of a jam. He finds her bending over a man who she has apparently killed, and since he's about to kill himself anyway, he offers to assume the blame. Throw a valuable emerald into the works, and the fact that the dead man suddenly comes back to life, and Stonehouse -- not to mention the audience -- becomes thoroughly befuddled by it all. Everything clears up, however, when Gilberte gives him a theater ticket -- it turns out that everything he went through was the plot to a stage play, enacted in real life by the actors. The critics roasted the play, saying it wasn't true to life, and this was their proof that the situations really could happen. Gilberte retires from acting when Stonehouse proposes.

  1. Henry King

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. William Russell

    John Stonehouse

  2. Fritzi Brunette

    Gilberte Bonheur

  3. George Periolat

    Edward Craig

  4. J. Farrell MacDonald

    Luther Ripley aka Kennedy

  5. Lee Hill

    George Cornhill

  6. Harvey Clark

    Aaron Witt

  7. Perry Banks

    Anthony James

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 7 , Crews : 4

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A Sporting Chance (1919) 60 Min

ALL 06/28/1919 (en)
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
  • Release 06/28/1919
  • Production
    American Film Company, William Russell Productions Inc.
  • Original title A Sporting Chance
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi Brunette), out of a jam. He finds her bending over a man who she has apparently killed, and since he's about to kill himself anyway, he offers to assume the blame. Throw a valuable emerald into the works, and the fact that the dead man suddenly comes back to life, and Stonehouse -- not to mention the audience -- becomes thoroughly befuddled by it all. Everything clears up, however, when Gilberte gives him a theater ticket -- it turns out that everything he went through was the plot to a stage play, enacted in real life by the actors. The critics roasted the play, saying it wasn't true to life, and this was their proof that the situations really could happen. Gilberte retires from acting when Stonehouse proposes.

  1. Henry King

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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