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The Sporting Venus is a american film of genre Drama directed by Marshall Neilan released in USA on 12 april 1925 with Blanche Sweet

The Sporting Venus (1925)

The Sporting Venus
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Released in USA 12 april 1925
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating78% 3.917273.917273.917273.917273.91727

The Sporting Venus (1925) is a silent romance film directed by Marshall Neilan. The film was the second MGM release of Neilan, and starred his wife, actress Blanche Sweet, who allegedly sported the lowest waistline of 1925. This is the first of two feature films that paired Ronald Colman with Blanche Sweet, the second being His Supreme Moment, which was released in May 1925. This film is listed as being extant (surviving) at silentera database.

Synopsis

Lady Gwendolyn (Blanche Sweet) is an heiress in love with a medical student, Donald (Ronald Colman), despite being bespoken to foreign prince Carlos (Lew Cody).

Actors

Blanche Sweet

(Lady Gwendolyn)Ronald Colman

(Donald MacAllan)Lew Cody

(Prince Carlos)Josephine Crowell

(Countess Van Alstyne)Edward Martindel

(Sir Alfred Grayle)
And :
Kate Price
Hank Mann
Arthur Hoyt
George Fawcett
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