A Sporting Chance (1919)

A Sporting Chance (1919)

1919-06-28 United States of America 60 Min. PG-13
4.7 3 votes

Overview

Synopsis by theflixtor - John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi Brunette), out of a jam. He finds her bending over a man who she has apparently killed, and since he's about to kill himself anyway, he offers to assume the blame. Throw a valuable emerald into the works, and the fact that the dead man suddenly comes back to life, and Stonehouse -- not to mention the audience -- becomes thoroughly befuddled by it all. Everything clears up, however, when Gilberte gives him a theater ticket -- it turns out that everything he went through was the plot to a stage play, enacted in real life by the actors. The critics roasted the play, saying it wasn't true to life, and this was their proof that the situations really could happen. Gilberte retires from acting when Stonehouse proposes.

Cast

William Russell is John Stonehouse
John Stonehouse
Fritzi Brunette is Gilberte Bonheur
Gilberte Bonheur
George Periolat is Edward Craig
Edward Craig
J. Farrell MacDonald is Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
Lee Hill is George Cornhill
George Cornhill
Harvey Clark is Aaron Witt
Aaron Witt
Perry Banks is Anthony James
Anthony James