The Third String (1914 film)

1914 British film

The Third String

Directed by| George Loane Tucker
Starring| June Gail
Frank Stanmore
George Bellamy

Production
company

London Film Company

Distributed by| Fenning Films

Release date

* February 1914 (1914-02)

Country| United Kingdom
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

The Third String is a 1914 British silent sports comedy film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring June Gail, Frank Stanmore and George Bellamy. The film is based on a short story of the same name by W.W. Jacobs, which was later turned into a 1932 film.[1]

## Premise

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A man poses as a boxer to impress a barmaid, but this leads to him being forced to fight a champion.[2]

## Cast

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* June Gail as Julia
* Frank Stanmore as Ginger Dick
* George Bellamy as Peter Russett
* Judd Green as Sam Small
* Charles Rock as Landlord
* Charles E. Vernon as Bill Lumm

## See also

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* List of boxing films

## References

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1. ^ Goble p.241
2. ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740629.

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

## External links

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* The Third String at IMDb

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Films directed by George Loane Tucker

* Their First Misunderstanding (1911)*short
* The Scarlet Letter (1911)*short
* Behind the Stockade (1911) *short
* Traffic in Souls (1913)
* The Third String (1914)
* The Prisoner of Zenda (1915)
* Rupert of Hentzau (1915)
* The Folly of Desire (1915)
* The Hypocrites (1916)
* Arsène Lupin (1916)
* The Mother of Dartmoor (1917)
* The Cinderella Man (1917)
* Dodging a Million (1918)
* Joan of Plattsburg (1918)
* Virtuous Wives (1918)
* The Miracle Man (1919)
* Ladies Must Live (1921)

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