The Kentucky Derby (1922)
57m
Running Time
December 4, 1922Release Date
The Kentucky Derby (1922)
57m
Running Time
December 4, 1922Release Date
Plot.
Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to marry Helen to the colonel's son, Donald. The colonel agrees, but Donald balks at the suggestion, then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown. The colonel turns them out, and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordon's wager money and to shanghai him. After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune, returns, finds his wife, hears of a plot against his father's best racehorse, wrings a complete confession from Thurston, and saves the Derby for his repentant father.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Reginald Denny
Donald Gordon
Lillian Rich
Alice Brown
Emmett King
Col. Moncrief Gordon
Walter McGrail
Ralph Gordon
King Baggot
Director
Kingsley Benedict
Joe
Charles T. Dazey
Writer
Bert Woodruff
Rance Newcombe
Details.
Wiki.
The Kentucky Derby is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by King Baggot and starring Reginald Denny. It is based on a Broadway play The Suburban by Charles T. Dazey. It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Denny's first starring feature-length movie.The film survives today.