A Sporting Chance


1919

Brief Synopsis

A young lady takes on a convict as her chauffeur, believing him to be practicing burglar. In reality, however, he is an innocent broker.

Film Details

Release Date
Jul 27, 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Impulses" by Roger Hartman in Snappy Stories Magazine (4 Feb 1919).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
4,135ft (5 reels)

Synopsis

Impulsive Carey Brent disgusts her family's chauffeur, who quits after dumping a carload of her six joy-riding friends into a brook. Escaped convict Harry the Duke lays glass on a road, and after knocking out Paul Sayre, who stopped to fix a flat, exchanges clothes with him. When Carey's tire is punctured and Paul helps her, she impulsively offers him a position as her chauffeur so she can reform him, thinking that he is the publicized burglar. Although attracted to him, Carey resists Paul's advances because of her concern over her stepmother Pamela's involvement with Ralph Steward, a society idler. In order to protect her father, Carey flirts with Seward, and, learning that Seward has incriminating letters written long ago by Pamela, Carey goes to his apartments, where Paul rescues her and thrashes Seward. When Harry the Duke is recaptured, Paul confesses he is only a broker who impulsively accepted Pamela's offer to be near her. In love, she forgives him.

Film Details

Release Date
Jul 27, 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Impulses" by Roger Hartman in Snappy Stories Magazine (4 Feb 1919).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
4,135ft (5 reels)

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Notes

New York Morning Telegraph, Motion Picture News, and a script in the Paramount Studio records credit Anna Q. Nilsson with the role of Pamela Brent, while the other reviews and the 1920 MPSD credit Margaret Green.