The Million Dollar Handicap

The Million Dollar Handicap
The Million Dollar Handicap
	Lobby card
Directed by	Scott Sidney
Written by	F. McGrew Willis
Based on	Thoroughbreds; by William Alexander Fraser
Produced by	George C. Bertholon; John C. Flinn
Starring	Edmund Burns; Ralph Lewis; Ward Crane
Cinematography	Devereaux Jennings
Production; company	Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation ; FBO Pictures (UK)
Release date	February 7, 1925;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Million Dollar Handicap is a 1925 American silent sports drama film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Edmund Burns, Ralph Lewis, and Ward Crane.^[1] It is based on the 1902 novel Thoroughbreds by William Alexander Fraser. The film was released in Britain the following year under the alternative title The Pride of the Paddock.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] John Porter, a Southern horse breeder, is tricked into buying a doped filly named Dixie. His daughter Alis discovers that the horse can actually run. Her sweetheart George Mortimer, a cashier at the bank, shields her brother Alan after the latter embezzles some funds, and George is discharged. Alis' father suffers a paralytic stroke and is in financial difficulties. Alis disguises herself as a jockey and rides her despised horse in a $10,000 handicap race and wins. The excitement of the victory cures the father, her unjustly accused sweetheart George is cleared of any charges, and the two are happy together.

Cast

Edmund Burns as George Mortimer
Ralph Lewis as John Porter
Ward Crane as Phillip Crane
Tom Wilson as Tom
Clarence Burton as Langdon
Danny Hoy as Jockey
Rosa Gore as Marilda Porter
Ralph Emerson as Alan Porter
Lon Poff as Milkman
Vera Reynolds as Alis Porter

References

^ Connelly p. 386
^ Pardy, George T. (30 January 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Million Dollar Handicap", Motion Picture News, 33 (5), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 597, retrieved 1 February 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

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.

External links

The Million Dollar Handicap at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] Connelly p. 386

[2] Pardy, George T. (30 January 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Million Dollar Handicap", Motion Picture News, 33 (5), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 597, retrieved 1 February 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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