The Sporting Venus
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Director Marshall Neilan Art director Cedric Gibbons Duration | 7.2/10 IMDb Editor Blanche Sewell Genres Silent film, Romance Film Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent film
English intertitles Release date April 13, 1925 Writer Gerald Beaumont (story), Thomas J. Geraghty Cast Blanche Sweet , Ronald Colman , Lew Cody Similar movies Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Sporting Venus (1925) is a silent romance film directed by Marshall Neilan. The film was the second MGM release of Neilan, and starred his wife, actress Blanche Sweet, who allegedly sported the lowest waistline of 1925. This is the first of two feature films that paired Ronald Colman with Blanche Sweet, the second being His Supreme Moment, which was released in May 1925. This film is listed as being extant (surviving) at silentera database.
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Plot
Lady Gwendolyn (Blanche Sweet) is an heiress in love with a medical student, Donald (Ronald Colman), despite being bespoken to foreign prince Carlos (Lew Cody).
Cast
Reception
Life Magazine wrote ""The Sporting Venus" is typical of Neilan at his worst and at his best. It is foolish, inconsequential and spineless, and yet it is entertaining. ... If you look for rhyme or reason in "The Sporting Venus," you will look in vain."
References
The Sporting Venus WikipediaThe Sporting Venus IMDb