Riding to Fame
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Spec (as Bert Tansey)
Joe Riordan
Riding to Fame
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Our crippled heroine inherits virtually nothing but debts upon the demise of her father. The one tangible asset in the estate is a racehorse which has never won a race.
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1927-07-01
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