Kentucky Pride

Kentucky Pride

86 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 1925

This rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between humans and animals told largely from the point of view of a racehorse who observes as her breeder (Henry B. Walthall) is forced to sell her when he loses everything in a poker game. Several of the era’s most famous racehorses make appearances, including the legendary champion thoroughbred Man o’ War.

Kentucky Pride

86 mins | Drama | Sept. 6, 1925

Kentucky Pride
This rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between humans and animals told largely from the point of view of a racehorse who observes as her breeder (Henry B. Walthall) is forced to sell her when he loses everything in a poker game. Several of the era’s most famous racehorses make appearances, including the legendary champion thoroughbred Man o’ War.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Fox Film Corporation
Original title Kentucky Pride
Directors Edward O'Fearna, John Ford
Writers Dorothy Yost

Cast

Gertrude Astor

as Mrs. Beaumont

Henry B. Walthall

as Mr. Beaumont

Peaches Jackson

as Virginia Beaumont

Man o' War

as Race Horse

Winston Miller

as Danny Donavan

Malcolm Waite

as Carter

Belle Stoddard

as Mrs. Donovan

George Reed

as Trainer

Sayre Dearing

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)