| Sporting Life | |
| Director: | Maurice Tourneur |
| Producer: | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring: | Bert Lytell |
| Cinematography: | Arthur L. Todd |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 7 reels (6,709 feet) (c.70 min.) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
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.[1] [2] [3]
As described in a film magazine review, Lord Woodstock loses money as the backer of a musical show and hopes to recoup his losses by betting on his protégé, Joe Lee, a pugilist, and by winning the Derby with his horse, Lady Love. Olive Carteret, an actress, tries to win Woodstock, but he is in love with Nora, the daughter of his trainer. Olive conspires with Phillips, a gambler, to break him. On the night of the fight Lee is drugged. Woodstock takes his place in the ring and wins. Phillips kidnaps Nora, and Woodstock and Lee are imprisoned when they go to the rescue. They escape shortly before the race, but Lee is killed. Lady Love wins the race, and after Phillips is arrested for Lee’s murder, Woodstock and Nora are free to marry.
Once thought lost, a print of Sporting Life survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]
