Sporting Youth

Feb 4, 1924

1h 10m

★ 0.0

Byron Morgan's Dazzling Romance of the Younger Set

Overview

Jimmy Wood, a chauffeur, is mistaken for famous racing driver Splinters Wood. Because he is deeply in debt, he enters a race on the advice of Betty Rockford, daughter of a wealthy automobile manufacturer.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Sporting Youth Trailers

Cast

Jimmy Wood

Reginald Denny

Betty Rockford

Laura La Plante

Walter Berg

Hallam Cooley

John K. Walker

Frederick Vroom

Mrs. Althena Rockford

Lucille Ward

'Splinters' Wood aka Barney Davis

Malcolm Denny

The Souse

Leo White

William Rockford

Henry A. Barrows

Valet

Rolfe Sedan

Motorcycle Cop

L.J. O'Connor

Scotland Yard Detective

C.L. Sherwood

Scotland Yard Detective

William A. Carroll

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