Sporting Goods
1928 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sporting Goods is a lost[1][2] 1928 American comedy silent film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, written by George Marion Jr., Ray Harris and Thomas J. Crizer, and starring Richard Dix, Ford Sterling, Gertrude Olmstead, Philip Strange, Myrtle Stedman, Wade Boteler and Claude King. It was released on February 11, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.[3][4]
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| Directed by | Malcolm St. Clair |
| Screenplay by | George Marion Jr. Ray Harris Thomas J. Crizer |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Richard Dix Ford Sterling Gertrude Olmstead Philip Strange Myrtle Stedman Wade Boteler Claude King |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Edited by | Otho Lovering |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Richard Dix as Richard Shelby
- Ford Sterling as Mr. Jordan
- Gertrude Olmstead as Alice Elliott
- Philip Strange as Henry Thorpe
- Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Elliott
- Wade Boteler as Regan
- Claude King as Timothy Stanfield
- Maude Turner Gordon as Mrs. Stanfield
Reception
Time magazine called the movie a "fossilated farce" which was "more interested in scenery than story":
Richard Dix, as a brawny, broken-nosed, commercial traveler, twines love and business, achieving girl and commission. It gags and gurgles about the young salesman and his sweetie who admires him for being both opulent and deceitful. Ethics are somewhat mixed, the principals in an excellent poker sequence shifting cards until Dix acquires four of a kind, raking in thereby $4,000.[5]
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