
Jockey Billy Garrison is framed and suspended for throwing a race. Depressed, he goes to a bar and eventually gets into a fight.

The Kinetic Poetry of the Silent TurfThe 1920s represented a zenith for the sports melodrama, a period where the visceral energy of the racetrack provided a perfect metaphor for the era's frantic social mobility. Garrison's Finish (1923), directed by Arthur Rosson, stands as a quintessential artifact of this zeitgeist....

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"The Kinetic Poetry of the Silent TurfThe 1920s represented a zenith for the sports melodrama, a period where the visceral energy of the racetrack provided a perfect metaphor for the era's frantic social mobility. Garrison's Finish (1923), directed by Arthur Rosson, stands as a quintessential artifact of this zeitgeist. It is a film that balances the adrenaline of the gallop with the quietude of a psychological drama. While often overshadowed by the colossal legacy of Mary Pickford, her brother J..."
Elmer Harris, Mary Pickford, William Blair Morton Ferguson
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