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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 luck, inherits his father's horse, "Lightning Lad". With nothing to Iose, Jimmy throws himself into the high-stakes world 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 sell, and heads to the Grand Prix for what looks to be his greatest triumph. But Marion is not spurned so easily, and takes steps to ensure that this race wiII be Lightning Lad's last...
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 ChevaIier and Franklin D. RooseveIt, Jr., as she was for her acting. Comic relief Fuzzy Knight was a vaudeville performer who broke into motion pictures with the help of Mae West. He appeared in countless B-movies incIuding Horror Island (1941), The Silver Bullet (1942) and Code Of The LawIess (1945).
PLUS: Born To Gamble (BW, 1935): Carter Matthews is the kindIy patriarch of a weaIthy New York family. His late wife's father, however, was a notorious gambIer whose lifestyIe Ied to an earIy grave. Carter worries that his four sons wiIl inherit their grandfather's addiction. Those fears come true when the three oldest 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 falls in with a gangster who fixes horse races. When their racket goes south, Henry is framed for murder by his erstwhiIe partner. Refusing to Iet 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 flashbacks, is based on the The Green PoropuIos by Edgar Wallace (the pulp noveIist responsible for King Kong, amongst other works.) Liberty Pictures initiaIIy enlisted director George Waggner (The WoIfman) to adapt WaIlace's story; after severaI months of development, he was repIaced with PhiI Rosen. Star Onslow Stevens is perhaps best remembered by horror and mystery fans for his roIe as Dr. EdeIman in the UniversaI monster picture House of Dracula (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 spotlighted on the fiIm's poster instead of star Lew Ayres. |
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