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Racing Blood (1926 film)

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Racing Blood
French poster
Directed byFrank Richardson
Written byJames Bell Smith
Produced byRenaud Hoffman
Samuel Sax
Glenn Belt
StarringRobert Agnew
Anne Cornwall
John Elliott
CinematographyRay June
Production
company
Distributed byLumas Film Corporation
Stoll Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • August 13, 1926 (1926-08-13)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Racing Blood is a 1926 American silent sports drama film directed by Frank Richardson and starring Robert Agnew, Anne Cornwall and John Elliott.[1]

Synopsis

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College student James Fleming discovers that his uncle has gambled away his inheritance on a horse race and then killed himself. Worse it was at the hands of the man whose daughter James is in love with. He goes to work as a journalist and loses touch with her. He acquires a horse, unknowingly the very animal whose victory led to his uncle's downfall. He plans to race it in a steeplechase, but when he is unable to qualify his former girlfriend takes over and rides it to victory before they reconcile.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Connelly p.400

Bibliography

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  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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