''A Sporting Double'' is a 1922 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Arthur Rooke Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. B ...

and starring John Stuart,

Lilian Douglas Lilian Douglas was a British stage and film actress. She starred in fourteen films during the silent era. Selected filmography * ''When Greek Meets Greek'' (1922) * ''A Master of Craft'' (1922) * '' A Sporting Double'' (1922) * ''The Sporting ...

and Douglas Munro.Low p.456 The film is set in the horse racing world. It was re-released in 1926 by

Butcher's Film Service Butcher's Film Service was a British film production and distribution company that specialised in low-budget productions. The company was founded by William Butcher, a chemist from Blackheath. The company survived through several production slum ...

Cast

* John Stuart as Will Blunt *

as Ethel Grimshaw * Douglas Munro as John Brent * Humberston Wright as Henry Maxwell *

Terence Cavanagh Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought T ...

as Philip Harvey * Tom Coventry as Bargee * Frank Gray as Henry Grimshaw *

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as Aurora

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1922 films 1922 drama films British drama films British silent feature films Films directed by Arthur Rooke British horse racing films British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub