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- Sporting Blood, a race horse that won the 1921 Travers Stakes under suspicious circumstances, owned by Arnold Rothstein
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Sporting Blood: Directed by Charles Brabin. With Clark Gable, Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody. The saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.
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- Drama, Romance, Sport
- Charles Brabin
- 1931-08-08
Sporting Blood is a 1931 American MGM pre-Code sports drama film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Clark Gable (in his first starring role), Ernest Torrence, and Madge Evans. Two other pictures bore this same title, one released in 1916 by Fox and another by MGM in Sporting Blood (1940).
Feb 24, 2014 · Sporting Blood looks at the horse in its most continually popular and revered form– as an athlete– and then points out the mountains of inhumane degradation that the horse must survive along such a path. The film opens in Kentucky with a kindly old horse breeder, Jim Rellence, being forced to put down his prized mare after she breaks her ankle.
Synopsis. After losing all his savings in a crooked horse race, young Myles Vanders is forced to take his two horses back to the Virginia home he has not seen in twenty years.
- S. Sylvan Simon, Gilbert Kurland
- Robert Young
When Scanlon must flee gangsters, Tommy Boy falls to card dealer Rid Riddle (Clark Gable) and his girlfriend, Ruby (Madge Evans), who rejects Rid's hope to race Tommy Boy honestly and instead ...
- Dennis Schwartz
- Drama
- Charles Brabin
1h 22m 1931. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A horse passes through a series of owners on the road to the Kentucky Derby. Cast & Crew. Read More. Charles Brabin. Director. Clark Gable. Rid Riddell. Ernest Torrence. Jim Rellence. Madge Evans. Ruby. Lew Cody. Tip Scanlon. Marie Prevost. Angela.
Sporting Blood. A struggling stable owner (Robert Young) revives a longstanding family feud with a rival (Lewis Stone), then romances his daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan).
- Drama
