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The Million Dollar Handicap

1925 film

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.

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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

References

  1. [1]
    Connelly p. 386
  2. [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 Public Domain 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.
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