A Sporting Chance
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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.
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William Russell
John Stonehouse
Also in
The Masked Heart
Sacred Silence
Fritzi Brunette
Gilberte Bonheur
Also in
Cause for Divorce
The Sealed Envelope
George Periolat
Edward Craig
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
J. Farrell MacDonald
Luther Ripley aka Kennedy
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
My Darling Clementine
Lee Hill
George Cornhill
Known for
Shanghaied
Harvey Clark
Aaron Witt
Known for
Red-Headed Woman
Perry Banks
Anthony James
Also in
A Joke on Jane
Land O' Lizards
Henry King Director · Jules Furthman Writer George Rizard Cinematographer
United States release June 28, 1919 · Produced in United States · Production William Russell Productions Inc.
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American Film Company
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William Russell Productions Inc.
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · June 28, 1919
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