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Sporting Life (1925 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SportingLife1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Sporting Life'] at silentera.com'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971'Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Times' by Harry Waldman, c.2001
Plot
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.
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Preservation
Once thought lost, a print of 'Sporting Life' survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3203/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Sporting Life']
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