The Wonderful Chance

The Wonderful Chance
1922 newspaper ad
Directed by	George Archainbaud
Produced by	Selznick Pictures
Written by	H. H. Van Loan (original story) Mary Murillo (scenario) Melville Hammett (scenario)
Starring	Eugene O'Brien Martha Mansfield Rudolph Valentino
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release dates	September 27, 1920 (1920-09-27)
Running time	52 minutes; 5 reels (5,137 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Wonderful Chance (also The Thug and His Wonderful Chance) is a 1920 American silent crime drama film produced by Lewis Selznick and released by Select Pictures. This picture stars Eugene O'Brien and was directed by George Archainbaud. While this film survives today in several archives, it is best known for featuring Rudolph Valentino in a villain role rather than the hero. In the 1960s scenes from the film were used in the documentary The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961) narrated by Graeme Ferguson.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast

Eugene O'Brien - Lord Birmingham / 'Swagger' Barlow
Martha Mansfield - Peggy Winton
Tom Blake - 'Red' Dugan
Rudolph Valentino - Joe Klinsby
Joseph Flanagan - Haggerty (as Joe Flanagan)
Warren Cook - Parker Winton

Preservation

Copies of the film are in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection and Museum of Modern Art film archive, and it has been released on dvd.^[3]

References

↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 published by The American Film Institute, c.1988
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..The Wonderful chance
1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: The Wonderful Chance at silentera.com

External links

The Wonderful Chance at the Internet Movie Database
The Wonderful Chance synopsis at AllMovie
The Wonderful Chance available for free download at Internet Archive

Films directed by George Archainbaud

The Pleasure Seekers (1920)
The Wonderful Chance (1920)
Cordelia the Magnificent (1923)
The Shadow of the Desert (1924)
The Plunderer (1924)
Single Wives (1924)
Enticement (1925)
Scarlet Saint (1925)
The Necessary Evil (1925)
What Fools Men (1925)
Broadway Scandals (1929)
Framed (1930)
Shooting Straight (1930)
The Silver Horde (1930)
The Lady Refuses (1931)
Three Who Loved (1931)
Thirteen Women (1932)
The Lost Squadron (1932)
The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
Men of Chance (1932)
State's Attorney (1932)
After Tonight (1933)
The Big Brain (1933)
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
Keep 'Em Rolling (1934)
Hideaway Girl (1936)
The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
Blonde Trouble (1937)
Hotel Haywire (1937)
Campus Confessions (1938)
Her Jungle Love (1938)
Thanks for the Memory (1938)
Night Work (1939)
Some Like It Hot (1939)
Boy Trouble (1939)
Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
Opened by Mistake (1940)
Untamed (1940)
Flying with Music (1942)
False Colors (1943)
The Kansan (1943)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943)
Mystery Man (1944)
Texas Masquerade (1944)
The Devil's Playground
Dangerous Venture (1947)
Fool's Gold (1947)
Hoppy's Holiday (1947)
The Marauders (1947)
The Millerson Case (1947)
Unexpected Guest (1947)
Borrowed Trouble (1948)
The Dead Don't Dream (1948)
Silent Conflict (1948)
Sinister Journey (1948)
Strange Gamble (1948)
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
Last of the Pony Riders (1953)

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