Sporting Goods (1928)
Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hopes of making a few sales. Along the way, he meets Alice Elliott, who mistakes Shelby for millionaire sportsman Timothy Stanfield (Claude King). Forced to go through with the masquerade, Shelby ends up spending what little money he has, and then some.
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Ford SterlingMr. Jordan
Richard DixRichard Shelby
Gertrude OlmsteadAlice Elliott
Philip StrangeHenry Thorpe
Myrtle StedmanMrs. Elliott
Wade BotelerRegan
Claude KingTimothy Stanfield
Maude Turner GordonMrs. StanfieldMovie DNA
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Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hopes of making a few sales. Along the way, he meets Alice Elliott, who mistakes Shelby for millionaire sportsman Timothy Stanfield (Claude King). Forced to go through with the masquerade, Shelby ends up spending what little money he has, and then some.