The Sporting Duchess (1920 film)

The Sporting Duchess
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Directed by	George Terwilliger
Written by	Lucien Hubbard
Based on	The Sporting Duchess by Henry Hamilton, Cecil Raleigh, and Augustus Thomas
Produced by	Vitagraph Company of America
Starring	Alice Joyce Percy Marmont
Cinematography	Joe Shelderfer Charles Davis
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	February 29, 1920 (1920-02-29)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Sporting Duchess is a lost[1][2] 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Alice Joyce. It is based on the 1895 play The Sporting Duchess by Henry Hamilton, Cecil Raleigh, and Augustus Thomas. It was produced and released by the Vitagraph Company of America.[3][4]

Plot

Cast

• Alice Joyce as Muriel, Duchess of Desborough
• Percy Marmont as Douglas, Duke of Desborough
• Gustav von Seyffertitz as Major Roland Mostyn
• Edith Campbell as Mrs. Delmaine
• Lionel Pape as Captain Cyprian Streatfield
• John Goldsworthy as Rupert Leigh
• Dan Comfort as Harold
• May McAvoy as Mary Alymer
• Robert Agnew as Dick Hammond
• William H. Turner as Joseph Aylmer
• Edward Keenan as Jockey
• C. T. Elmer

References

1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Sporting Duchess
2. The Sporting Duchess; Greta de Groat website
3. Progressive Silent Film List: The Sporting Duchess at silentera.com
4. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Sporting Duchess

External links

• The Sporting Duchess at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie