Chances (film)

Chances
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Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Waldemar Young (adaptation)
Screenplay by	A. Hamilton Gibbs
Based on	Chances by A. Hamilton Gibbs
Produced by	First National
Starring	Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Rose Hobart
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	Ray Curtiss
Music by	David Mendoza Oscar Potoker
Distributed by	First National and Warner Brothers
Release date	July 18, 1931 (1931-07-18)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Chances is a 1931 American Pre-Code war drama film directed by Allan Dwan, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and is based on the 1930 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs.^[1]

According to Fairbanks Jr the film was a hit.^[2]

Plot[]

During World War I, Jack (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Tom Ingleside (Anthony Bushell) are two British brother officers who happen who fall in love with the same girl Molly Prescott (Rose Hobart) while on furlough, resulting in dissention at the Front.^[3]

Cast[]

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Jack Ingleside
Rose Hobart as Molly Prescott
Anthony Bushell as Tom Ingleside
Holmes Herbert as Major Bradford
Mary Forbes as Mrs. Ingleside
Edmund Breon as The General

uncredited

Billy Bevan as Cuthbert, Pub Waiter
Florence Britton as Sylvia
David Cavendish as Bit
Tyrell Davis as Archie
Ethel Griffies as Drunk Flower Vendor
Ruth Hall as Girl at Party
Forrester Harvey as Joe, News Vendor
Mae Madison as Ruth
Edward Morgan as Lt. Wickham
Jameson Thomas as Lt. Taylor

Preservation status[]

Preserved at the Library of Congress.^[4]

References[]

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Chances, afi.com; accessed August 4, 2015.
^ Bawden, James; Miller, Ron (March 4, 2016). Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era. University Press of Kentucky. p. 98. ISBN 9780813167121.
^ Chances at allmovie.com
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute (1978), p. 28

External links[]

Chances at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Chances at the TCM Movie Database
Chances at the American Film Institute Catalog

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