Sporting Goods

Sporting Goods
Directed by	Malcolm St. Clair
Screenplay by	George Marion Jr. Ray Harris Thomas J. Crizer
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor
Starring	Richard Dix Ford Sterling Gertrude Olmstead Philip Strange Myrtle Stedman Wade Boteler Claude King
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	Otho Lovering
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 11, 1928 (1928-02-11)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Sporting Goods is a lost[1][2] 1928 American comedy silent film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, written by George Marion Jr., Ray Harris and Thomas J. Crizer, and starring Richard Dix, Ford Sterling, Gertrude Olmstead, Philip Strange, Myrtle Stedman, Wade Boteler and Claude King. It was released on February 11, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.[3][4]

Cast

• Richard Dix as Richard Shelby
• Ford Sterling as Mr. Jordan
• Gertrude Olmstead as Alice Elliott
• Philip Strange as Henry Thorpe
• Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Elliott
• Wade Boteler as Regan
• Claude King as Timothy Stanfield
• Maude Turner Gordon as Mrs. Stanfield

Reception

Time magazine called the movie a "fossilated farce" which was "more interested in scenery than story":

Richard Dix, as a brawny, broken-nosed, commercial traveler, twines love and business, achieving girl and commission. It gags and gurgles about the young salesman and his sweetie who admires him for being both opulent and deceitful. Ethics are somewhat mixed, the principals in an excellent poker sequence shifting cards until Dix acquires four of a kind, raking in thereby $4,000.[5]

References

1. Sporting Goods at Lost Film Files: Lost Paramount Pictures films - 1928
2. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Sporting Goods
3. "Movie Review - Rose Marie - THE SCREEN; Non-Slicing Material. - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
4. "Sporting Goods". afi.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
5. "Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 27, 1928". Time. February 27, 1928. Retrieved January 19, 2025.

External links

• Sporting Goods at IMDb