Sporting Blood
Sporting Blood is a key work in Clark Gableâs 1931 leap to stardom, a film in which he plays a race-fixing underworld gambler who rediscovers his inner decency. It marks the first time Gable tops a cast list, although the future Hollywood King doesnât appear until midway in the filmâs story. Even more, it âproved [Gable] could carry a picture to profitability without a top female starâ (John Eames, The MGM Story). John Larkin plays Uncle Ben, the devoted stable groom of Tommy Boy, a magnificent thoroughbred who triumphs over ownersâ mistreatment to gain a shot at the Kentucky Derby. In a historical sense, the movie is Gableâs. But its powerful and soul-touching last scene rightly belongs to Uncle Ben and Tommy Boy.
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