Chances (1931)
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This World War I romance stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anthony Bushell as two British officers who happen to be brothers. Both men fall for the same girl (Rose Hobart) while on furlough, resulting in dissention at the Front. What might have been a festival of cliches emerges as a superior drama, thanks to the clever (but unobtrusive) direction of Allan Dwan. In one of his first truly worthwhile roles, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is utterly convincing as a young Briton who must balance duty with desire; Anthony Bashell is far less believable, but can be forgiven his excesses since he later retired from acting to become a director. Previously produced as a silent film, Chances was based on a story by A. Hamilton Gibbs. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Anthony Bushell, (more)
- Director(s):
- Allan Dwan
Synopsis of Chances
This World War I romance stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anthony Bushell as two British officers who happen to be brothers. Both men fall for the same girl (Rose Hobart) while on furlough, resulting in dissention at the Front. What might have been a festival of cliches emerges as a superior drama, thanks to the clever (but unobtrusive) direction of Allan Dwan. In one of his first truly worthwhile roles, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is utterly convincing as a young Briton who must balance duty with desire; Anthony Bashell is far less believable, but can be forgiven his excesses since he later retired from acting to become a director. Previously produced as a silent film, Chances was based on a story by A. Hamilton Gibbs. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Chances
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Jack Ingleside
- Rose Hobart - Molly Prescott
- Holmes Herbert - Maj. Bradford
- Florence Britton - Sylvia
- William Austin
- Edmund Breon
- Anthony Bushell - Tom Ingleside
- Mary Forbes - Mrs. Ingleside
- Tyrell Davis - Archie
- Harry Allen
- Robert Bennett
- Director(s):
- Allan Dwan
- Writer(s):
- Waldemar Young
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