A Sporting Chance (1919)
1919 · Silent film · 30 min · dir. Henry King
- Mystery
- Drama
- Comedy
Synopsis
The clerks at a New York hotel near Times Square turn away customers until they approve millionaire John Stonehouse and give him room 420. While attempting suicide, John hears a shot from a nearby room. Finding Gilberte Bonheur bending over the limp body of Aaron Witt, whom, she says, she shot when he tried to assault her, John, wanting to die anyway, offers to take the blame. He escapes after recovering an emerald that Witt used to blackmail Gilberte. After Gilberte, Witt, and the clerks…
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Details
- Director
- Henry King
- Writer
- Jules Furthman
- Cinematography
- George Rizard
- Studio
- American Film Company, William Russell Productions Inc.
- Released
- 1919-06-28
- Running time
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Henry King Director
William Russell
Fritzi Brunette
George Periolat
J. Farrell MacDonald
Lee Hill
Harvey Clark- Perry Banks
