The Kentucky Derby (1922 film)

The Kentucky Derby
Film poster
Directed by	King Baggot
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Reginald Denny
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release dates	October 1922 (1922-10) (Chicago prem.) December 4, 1922 (1922-12-04) (USA)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Kentucky Derby is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by King Baggot and starring Reginald Denny.[1] It is based on a Broadway play The Suburban by Charles T. Dazey.[2] It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Denny's first starring feature-length movie.[3]

The film survives today.[4]

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 horse racing
• Gertrude Astor filmography

References

1. The Kentucky Derby at silentera.com
2. The Suburban: A Melodrama in Four Acts produced on Broadway March 1903
3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Kentucky Derby
4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Kentucky Derby

External links

• The Kentucky Derby at IMDb
• Lobby poster