The Sporting Duchess

Story

Synopsis

Very jealous of the Duke of Desborough's prize race horse "Clipstone," Major Roland Mostyn schemes to destroy his rival and thus obtain possession of the animal. After framing the duke's wife Muriel in a false adultery suit which results in divorce, Mostyn ruins the young duke at cards, thus forcing him to auction his horse in order to pay his debts. Muriel, heartbroken by the separation, persuades her old friend Captain Streatfield to purchase the horse and enter him in the derby. Mostyn bets all his money on his horse and attempts to fix the race but his plot is discovered and Clipstone wins the contest. After Muriel's innocence is proven, Mostyn's villainy towards the duke is finally stopped and the couple is happily reunited.

Director

George Terwilliger

Writers

Augustus Harris, Henry Hamilton, Lucien Hubbard

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

29 February 1920

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Alice Joyce

  Muriel, Duchess of Desborough

• 

  Percy Marmont

  Douglas, Duke of Desborough

• 

  Gustav von Seyffertitz

  Major Roland Mostyn

• Edith Campbell

  Mrs. Delmaine

• Lionel Pape

  Captain Cyprian Streatfield

• 

  John Goldsworthy

  Rupert Leigh

• Dan Comfort

  Harold

• 

  May McAvoy

  Mary Aylmer

• 

  Robert Agnew

  Dick Hammond

• 

  William H. Turner

  Joseph Aylmer

• Edward Keenan

  Jockey

• C.T. Elmer