The Million Dollar Handicap is a 1925 American silent sports drama film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Edmund Burns, Ralph Lewis and Ward Crane.[1] It is based on the 1902 novel Thoroughbreds by William Alexander Fraser. It was released in Britain the following year under the alternative title The Pride of the Paddock.
The Million Dollar Handicap | |
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Directed by | Scott Sidney |
Written by | F. McGrew Willis |
Based on | Thoroughbreds by William Alexander Fraser |
Produced by | George C. Bertholon John C. Flinn |
Starring | Edmund Burns Ralph Lewis Ward Crane |
Cinematography | Devereaux Jennings |
Production company | Metropolitan Pictures Corporation of California |
Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation FBO Pictures (UK) |
Release date | February 7, 1925 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
A Southern horse breeder buys a filly named Dixie and enters her in a race, only for her to be doped and his family's fortunes to implode. Eventually his daughter rides it to victory, solving their various misfortunes.
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