''The Sporting Duchess'' is a 1915 American 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Barry O'Neil Barry O'Neil (1865 – 1918) was a film director and writer. His real name was Thomas J. McCarthy. He directed several Thanhouser films including the production company's first two-reeler, ''Romeo and Juliet''. He went on to work for Lubin and ...

and starring

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and

Ethel Clayton Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early years Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago. Career Clayton debuted on stage as a professional a ...

. It was produced by the

Lubin Manufacturing Company The Lubin Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture production company that produced silent films from 1896 to 1916. Lubin films were distributed with a Liberty Bell trademark. * * History The Lubin Manufacturing Company was forme ...

and distributed by V-L-S-E. The film was

remade Bas-Lag is a fictional universe in which several of China Miéville's novels are set. Bas-Lag is a world where both magic (referred to as thaumaturgy) and steampunk technology exist, and where many intelligent races live. This world and the nove ...

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in 1920 with Alice Joyce in the title role.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Sporting Duchess'' located in any film archives, it is a

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* 1915 films 1915 drama films 1915 lost films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films American films based on plays American silent feature films English-language drama films Films directed by Barry O'Neil Lost American drama films Lubin Manufacturing Company films Silent American drama films Lost silent American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub