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Film, Video Winning the Futurity

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Title

  • Winning the Futurity

Summary

  • Chet Kildare, a war profiteer, seeks to marry Colonel Barkley's daughter, Nelle, despite her disapproval. Nelle is drawn to Luke Allen, a carefree mountain boy. Luke and his Uncle Mose rescue a colt, raising it for the Kentucky Futurity. A year later, Chet wins the Barkley estate in a poker game, and soon after Colonel Barkley is found dead. Nelle finds a document stating Chet will return the estate for $100,000 within 18 months. Luke enters Firefly, the colt, into the Futurity. Chet tries to sabotage Firefly but fails. Firefly wins, earning Luke both the money and Nelle's hand in marriage.

Names

  • Chadwick, Isaac E., 1884-1952, presenter
  • Dunlap, Scott R., 1892-1970, film director
  • Rogers, Charles R., 1892-1957, film producer
  • Fox, Finis, adapter
  • Stromberg, Hunt, 1894-1968, contributor
  • Landis, J. Cullen, 1895-1975, actor
  • Harmon, Pat, 1886-1958, actor
  • Harlan, Otis, 1865-1940, actor
  • Reed, George, 1866-1952, actor
  • Horton, Clara, 1904-1976, actor
  • Polito, Sol, 1892-1960, cinematographer
  • Paul, Val, 1886-1962, art director
  • Marker, Harry, editor of moving image work
  • Chadwick Pictures Corporation, production company
  • Independent Films, Inc., film distribution

Created / Published

  • United States : Independent Films, Inc., 1926.

Headings

  • -  Disinheritance
  • -  Horse racing
  • -  Profiteering
  • -  Man-woman relationships

Genre

  • Sports films
  • Silent films
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  LP22689 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Chadwick Pictures Corp.; 8May26; LP22689.
  • -  Intertitles in English.
  • -  Cullen Landis, Pat Harmon, Otis Harlan, Geo. Reed, Clara Horton, Ernest Hilliard, Bruce Covington.
  • -  Photographer, Sol Polito ; art director, Val Paul ; film editor, Harry Marker ; supervisor, Hunt Stromberg.
  • -  Film produced December 1925-March 1926. Partially filmed in Tijuana, Mexico and Universal Studios in Universal City, CA.
  • -  Summary adapted from AFI catalog.
  • -  Sources used: AFI catalog viewed online June 3, 2024; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939, p. 959.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 58 min.) : si., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Rick Scheckman Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024601108

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Chadwick, Isaac E., Presenter, Scott R Dunlap, Charles R Rogers, Finis Fox, Hunt Stromberg, J. Cullen Landis, Pat Harmon, et al. Winning the Futurity. editeds by Marker, Harry Of Moving Image Work, , , produceds by Chadwick Pictures Corporationuction Company United States: Independent Films, Inc, 1926. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601108/.

APA citation style:

Chadwick, I. E., Dunlap, S. R., Rogers, C. R., Fox, F., Stromberg, H., Landis, J. C. [...] Independent Films, I., Marker, H. O. M. I. W., ed. (1926) Winning the Futurity. Chadwick Pictures Corporationuction Company, prod United States: Independent Films, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601108/.

MLA citation style:

Chadwick, Isaac E., Presenter, et al. Winning the Futurity. ed by Marker, Harry Of Moving Image Work, , , prod by Chadwick Pictures Corporationuction Company United States: Independent Films, Inc, 1926. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024601108/>.