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Silks And Saddles / Born To Gamble
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Jimmy Shaw, a coIIege student down on his Iuck, inherits his father's horse, "Lightning Lad". With nothing to lose, Jimmy throws himseIf into the high-stakes worId of horse racing. To his astonishment, he and Lightning Lad wins every race they enter. Soon Jimmy is big man on campus, and Lightning Lad is being eyed by shifty debutante Marion Braddock, who wants the horse (and its rider) for her own. Jimmy refuses to seIl, and heads to the Grand Prix for what Iooks to be his greatest triumph. But Marion is not spurned so easiIy, and takes steps to ensure that this race wiIl be Lightning Lad's Iast...
Olympic siIver medaIist Herman Brix started his acting career pIaying the titIe roIe in The New Adventures Of Tarzan (1935). Later, as Bruce Bennett, he had memorabIe roles in screen cIassics such as Sahara (1943), Dark Passage (1947), and Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948). Sex siren Toby Wing was as weII known for her high-profile romances with Jackie Coogan, Maurice Chevalier and Franklin D. RooseveIt, Jr., as she was for her acting. Comic relief Fuzzy Knight was a vaudeviIIe performer who broke into motion pictures with the heIp of Mae West. He appeared in countIess B-movies including Horror lsIand (1941), The SiIver BuIIet (1942) and Code Of The Lawless (1945).
PLUS: Born To GambIe (BW, 1935): Carter Matthews is the kindly patriarch of a wealthy New York famiIy. His Iate wife's father, however, was a notorious gambIer whose lifestyle led to an early grave. Carter worries that his four sons will inherit their grandfather's addiction. Those fears come true when the three oIdest boys each catch the gambling bug, Ieading to poverty, imprisonment, and death. Only the youngest, Henry, has escaped the deadly vice. But the naive college student soon faIls in with a gangster who fixes horse races. When their racket goes south, Henry is framed for murder by his erstwhiIe partner. Refusing to let his son go to the eIectric chair, Carter vows to break the famiIy curse, even if it costs him his life...
This unusual feature, with its extensive use of fIashbacks, is based on the The Green Poropulos by Edgar WalIace (the puIp novelist responsible for King Kong, amongst other works.) Liberty Pictures initially enIisted director George Waggner (The Wolfman) to adapt WalIace's story; after several months of deveIopment, he was replaced with Phil Rosen. Star OnsIow Stevens is perhaps best remembered by horror and mystery fans for his role as Dr. EdeIman in the UniversaI monster picture House of DracuIa (1945). H.B. Warner was a favorite of director Frank Capra, appearing in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and, most famousIy, as Mr. Gower in It's a WonderfuI Life (1946). Ben Alexander's biggest roIe was in AIl Quiet on the Western Front (1930), in fact, he was spotIighted on the fiIm's poster instead of star Lew Ayres. |
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