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The Favourite for the Jamaica Cup
(1913) England
B&W : One reel / 976 feet
Directed by Charles Raymond

Cast: Dorothy Foster [Doris], Percy Moran [her brother], John B. Glover, George D. Melville, Harry Lorraine

British and Colonial Kinematograph Company, Limited, production for Elders & Fyffes, Limited. / Released March 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [Bioscope, 24 April 1913, page xxix] Doris overhears Lopez plotting with Headway to wreck the train in which is her sweetheart’s horse. She is kidnapped, but escapes and rides with her brother to the railway points where Headway has overpowered the signalman. In a hand to hand struggle Headway falls from a high railway bridge into the river, Doris saves the train, and her sweetheart’s horse wins the race.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm positive (46443)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 January 2011.

References: Website-Colonial; Website-IMDb.

 
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