The Kentucky Derby is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by King Baggot and starring Reginald Denny.The Kentucky Derby at silentera.com It is based on a Broadway play The Suburban by Charles T. Dazey.The Suburban: A Melodrama in Four Acts produced on Broadway March 1903 It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Denny's first starring feature-length movie.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Kentucky Derby
The film survives today.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Kentucky Derby
Plot
Cast Reginald Denny as Donald Gordon Lillian Rich as Alice Brown Emmett King as Col. Moncrief Gordon Walter McGrail as Ralph Gordon Gertrude Astor as Helen Gordon Lionel Belmore as Col. Rome Woolrich Kingsley Benedict as Joe Bert Woodruff as Rance Newcombe Bert Tracy as Topper Tom Harry Carter as Bob Thurston Wilfred Lucas as Capt. Wolff Pat Harmon as Jensen Anna Dodge as Mrs. Clancy (* billed as Anna Hernandez) Verne Winter as Timmy Clancy
See also List of films about horses List of films about horse racing Gertrude Astor filmography
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Lobby poster