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The Kentucky Derby

  • 19221922
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
30
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POPULARITY
514,352
99,359
Reginald Denny in The Kentucky Derby (1922)
ActionAdventureCrime
There is dirty work afoot in old Kentucky when a rival decides his horse will have a better chance of winning if the son of the owner isn't around, so he has him shanghaied onto a tramp frei... Read allThere is dirty work afoot in old Kentucky when a rival decides his horse will have a better chance of winning if the son of the owner isn't around, so he has him shanghaied onto a tramp freighter and gets the jockey in his debt through a crooked gambling game. Airplanes, ship-wre... Read allThere is dirty work afoot in old Kentucky when a rival decides his horse will have a better chance of winning if the son of the owner isn't around, so he has him shanghaied onto a tramp freighter and gets the jockey in his debt through a crooked gambling game. Airplanes, ship-wrecks, sea storms, kidnapping, frame-up and much skull-duggery prior to the race.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
30
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
514,352
99,359
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    • Director
      • King Baggot
    • Writers
      • Charles T. Dazey(play "The Suburban")
      • George C. Hull(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Reginald Denny
      • Lillian Rich
      • Emmett King
    Top credits
    • Director
      • King Baggot
    • Writers
      • Charles T. Dazey(play "The Suburban")
      • George C. Hull(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Reginald Denny
      • Lillian Rich
      • Emmett King
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    • 2User reviews
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    The Kentucky Derby (1922)
    Reginald Denny in The Kentucky Derby (1922)
    Reginald Denny in The Kentucky Derby (1922)
    Gertrude Astor, Lionel Belmore, Kingsley Benedict, Harry Carter, Reginald Denny, Emmett King, Wilfred Lucas, Walter McGrail, and Lillian Rich in The Kentucky Derby (1922)
    Gertrude Astor, Lionel Belmore, Kingsley Benedict, Harry Carter, Reginald Denny, Emmett King, Wilfred Lucas, Walter McGrail, and Lillian Rich in The Kentucky Derby (1922)
    Gertrude Astor, Lionel Belmore, Kingsley Benedict, Harry Carter, Reginald Denny, Emmett King, Wilfred Lucas, Walter McGrail, and Lillian Rich in The Kentucky Derby (1922)

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    Reginald Denny
    Reginald Denny
    • Donald Gordon
    Lillian Rich
    Lillian Rich
    • Alice Brown
    Emmett King
    • Col. Moncrief Gordon
    Walter McGrail
    Walter McGrail
    • Ralph Gordon
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Helen Gordon
    Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    • Col. Rome Woolrich
    Kingsley Benedict
    • Joe
    Bert Woodruff
    Bert Woodruff
    • Rance Newcombe
    Bert Tracy
    • Topper Tom
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Bob Thurston
    Wilfred Lucas
    Wilfred Lucas
    • Capt. Wolff
    Pat Harmon
    Pat Harmon
    • Jensen
    Anna Dodge
    • Mrs. Clancy
    • (as Anna Hernandez)
    Verne Winter
    • Timmy Clancy
    Betsy Ann Hisle
    Betsy Ann Hisle
    • Little Girl
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • King Baggot
    • Writers
      • Charles T. Dazey(play "The Suburban")
      • George C. Hull(scenario)
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    • Trivia
      A Jewel Production. Universal, unlike many of its competitors, never owned a proprietary theater chain. This business decision would eventually pay off handsomely for the studio after the 1949 Supreme Court anti-trust decision that threaten to cripple its peers. However, it required the studio to carefully market its feature product to independent owners. Carl Laemmle devised a 3-tiered brand system: Red Feather (low-budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige productions). Jewel releases were produced in hopes of drawing higher roadshow ticket prices, a ploy that sometimes misfired. This branding system would fade away in late 1929.

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    Presentable programmer.
    Preceding Denny's career as comic actor, this racing melodrama goes from plantations populated by Kentucky Colonels and compliant darkies through having our hero Shanghaied, sea going adventures and confronting the impersonator who is planning on fixing the big race. It moves along quite well but it's far fetched plot is not helped by imperfections of 1922 film making technique.

    The shooting is lengthened by Churchill Downs locations which contribute to the jerky race climax. Denny emerges credibly and it's curious to see Lionel Belmore a decade before he became ubiquitous in horror movies.

    Circulating copy appears to be missing small sections.
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    • May 22, 2020

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 1922 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Suburban Handicap
    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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