The famous racetrack melodrama that ran a solid year on Broadway, picturized with a real horse race at the celebrated Oriental Park Track, Havana.
Claire Barrington falls heir to a famous racing stable with many debts, whose payment is dependent upon the sweepstakes in which the horse Wildfire is entered.
John Duffy
The film's tagline is: "The famous racetrack melodrama that ran a solid year on Broadway, picturized with a real horse race at the celebrated Oriental Park Track, Havana."
The runtime is 70 minutes (1h 10m).
The film was directed by T. Hayes Hunter.
Cinematography was handled by J. Roy Hunt.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0016538.
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Wildfire
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United States of America
