The Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby
Release: 1922-12-04
·Runtime: 57m
·★ 5.0
Action
Adventure
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Cast
Pat Harmon
as Jensen
Anna Dodge
as Mrs. Clancy
Reginald Denny
as Donald Gordon
Lillian Rich
as Alice Brown
Lionel Belmore
as Col. Rome Woolrich
Betsy Ann Hisle
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Emmett King
as Col. Moncrief Gordon
Kingsley Benedict
as Joe
Bert Woodruff
as Rance Newcombe
Harry Carter
as Bob Thurston
Wilfred Lucas
as Capt. Wolff
Walter McGrail
as Ralph Gordon
Gertrude Astor
as Helen Gordon
