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CONWAY TEA RLE AND BARBARA BEDFORD “THE SPORTING LOVERS’ THE CAMPBELL BOYS
A stable of thoroughbred- racing horses is the unusual gambling stake offered by Conway Tearle m the starring role of “The Sporting Lover” showing at Everybody’s tunight. Barbara Bedford one of the most beautiful of screen artists _is his leading lady. “The Sporting Lover” deals with wartime romance and race, horses and Mr ,Tearle, as Captain Terrance Connangliton, finds his ideal of a wife in Barbara Bedford, as Lady- Gwendolyn, amid the chaos of a tattle front air raid. The foundation of their romance is built amid the ruins of a field hospital where the-couple realise their great love while fighting for life buried beneath piles of earth tossed_ over them by bursting bombs. It is believed that the romantic scenes from Mr Tearle’s starring vehicle possesses the most dramatic climax yet seen in a war play. Tearle appears in the role of an Irish nobleman who gambles away his inheritance. His pride is his stable of fine horses. As a last resort, iie offers them in a sporting chance to retrieve his, fortune. Luck is aginst him and he loses all. The story of “The Sporting Lover” is based on the Drury Lane stage hit, ‘.‘Good Luck”. One of the most dramatic scenes in the picture shows the thrilling English Derby, the renowned turf classic. Among other notables seen in this episode are the King and Queen of England. The supports are good. “The Campbell Boys” still continue to increase their popularity and to night will also introduce another change of programme, including “Misera” scene from “II Trovatore” and “Killarney” of the Ocarino. The last two nights of these artists are announced.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10377, 7 April 1927, Page 6
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