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List Of Films About Horses
Movies about horses constitute a popular film genre. Some examples include: 0–9 * ''8 Seconds'' (1994) * ''50 to 1'' (2014) A * ''Above the Limit'' (1900) * '' Aces of the Turf'' (1932) * '' A Day at the Races'' (1937) * '' A Dead Certainty'' (1920) * ''Adventures of Gallant Bess'' (1948) * ''The Adventures of Rex and Rinty'' (1935) * ''A Great Coup'' (1919) * '' A Horse Called Bear'' (2015) * '' All In'' (1936) * '' All Roads Lead Home'' (2008) * '' All the Pretty Horses'' (2000) * ''Along the Navajo Trail'' (1945) * '' An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky'' (2013) * ''The Appaloosa'' (1966) * '' April Love'' (1957) * ''Archer's Adventure'' (1985) * '' Ariadne in Hoppegarten'' (1928) * ''A Sporting Double'' (1922) * '' A Turf Conspiracy'' (1918) B *'' Barnet Horse Fair'' (1896) *'' Beautiful Kitty'' (1923) *'' Big Boy'' (1930) *''Bite the Bullet'' (1975) *''Black Beauty'' (1921) *''Black Beauty'' (1946) *''Black Beauty'' (1971) *''Black Beauty'' (1978) *''Black Beauty'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8 Seconds
''8 Seconds'' is a 1994 American contemporary Western biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen. Its title refers to the length of time a bull rider is required to stay on for a ride to be scored. It stars Luke Perry as American rodeo legend Lane Frost and focuses on his life and career as a bull riding champion. It also features Stephen Baldwin as Tuff Hedeman, and Red Mitchell as Cody Lambert. The film was completed and premiered shortly after what would have been Frost's 30th birthday, in late 1993. Plot While growing up in Oklahoma, young Lane Frost learns the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father Clyde, an accomplished rodeo bronco rider himself. As he enters his teenage and early adult years, Lane travels the western rodeo circuit with his best friends Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert. He meets and falls in love with a young barrel racer, Kellie Kyle, and they eventually marry in 1984. As Lane's legend and fame increase, so does the amount of pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Love (film)
''April Love'' is an American musical directed by Henry Levin and produced by David Weisbart, based on the novel ''Phantom Filly'' by George Agnew Chamberlain (New York City, 1941). Photographed in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color by Wilfred M. Cline, it was the fourth most popular movie of 1957 and stars Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Arthur O'Connell, Dolores Michaels, Matt Crowley, Jeanette Nolan and Bradford Jackson. The title song, sung by Boone, went to number one on the ''Billboard'' Chart in December 1957 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Plot Nick Conover (Pat Boone), a Chicago youth, arrives at his aunt Henrietta (Jeanette Nolan) and uncle Jed Bruce's ( Arthur O'Connell) Kentucky horse farm. Neither has seen Nick since he was a child. The move is part of Nick's parole condition after being convicted for joyriding in a stolen vehicle with his friends. Jed initially does not want Nick in his home, and Nick gradually realizes that the reason J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beauty (1978 Film)
''Black Beauty'' is a 1978 animated television film produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera and based on the 1877 novel of the same name by Anna Sewell. It originally aired October 28, 1978 as part of ''Famous Classic Tales'' on CBS. The special was released on VHS by Worldvision Home Video (now CBS Home Entertainment) in 1983 and re-released through Goodtimes Home Video under the Kids Klassics Home Video label in 1987 and was released on DVD by Koch Vision Entertainment One Ltd., trading as eOne, is an American-owned Canadian multinational entertainment company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of films and television se .... Voices *Catherine Cordell – Duchess *Alan Dinehart – * Mike Evans – *David Gregory – *Barbara Stevens – * Alan Young – Narrator / Black Beauty / Nicholas Skinner *Cam Young – * Laurie Main – Farmer Grey / Squire Douglas Gordon / Pipe Smoking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beauty (1971 Film)
''Black Beauty'' is a 1971 British drama film directed by James Hill and based on Anna Sewell's 1877 novel of the same name. It is the fourth feature film adaptation of Anna Sewell's story. Lionel Bart provided the rousing score. The film's cast includes Walter Slezak, Mark Lester, Uschi Glas, Patrick Mower and John Nettleton. Plot Black Beauty is a stallion who, as a foal in England c. 1856, is born in front of a boy named Joe to whom it is given by his father. He is taken by a brutal squire, who takes over Joe's family farm when the bank forecloses on the loan. After the squire is killed, he is acquired by Irish Travellers. After a horse race and fist fight to determine leadership, Black Beauty runs away but is captured by a horse trader who then sells him to a Spanish circus. In the circus, he learns many tricks before being given to Sir William, an arrogant British military man; and then is passed to Sir William's daughter Anne. Anne's fiancé is Lt. Gervaise Caldicot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beauty (1946 Film)
''Black Beauty'' is a 1946 American drama film directed by Max Nosseck and starring Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, and Evelyn Ankers. It is based on Anna Sewell's 1877 novel of the same name. Plot The story picks up in 1880s England, when Duchess, the mare of a widower, a country squire, called Wendon (Charles Evans) is about to foal. He has forbidden his adolescent daughter Anne (Mona Freeman) to watch, but the girl sneaks into the stables and watches anyway. Anne gets the colt on her birthday and because of its colour she names it Black Beauty. Anne grows very affectionate towards the horse as they grow up together during the years. One day a young man from America, Bill Dixon (Richard Denning), comes to visit the neighbors on the next farm, and he notices Black Beauty. He can't stay for tea because he is leaving for America, but two years later he sends Anne a gift and a letter from Bill, saying that he will be back soon. Anne then starts riding her horse and teaching h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beauty (1921 Film)
''Black Beauty'' is a 1921 American silent film version of Anna Sewell's 1877 novel of the same name. ''Black Beauty'' is an autobiography of a horse, who tells the story of his life and of the people surrounding it. This film exists in an incomplete state with four of seven reels preserved at the Library of Congress. A competing/rival independent film of the same story was also released in early 1921 starring Claire Adams and Pat O'Malley. It was produced by Eskay Harris Feature Film Company. Plot As summarized in a film publication, a human love story was added to the horse story, which includes a fox hunt and race. At a house party given by Squire Gordon (Steppling), his daughter Jessie (Paige) and Harry Blomefield (Morrison) are playing games with the children, although they have reached the age where Harry realizes that he loves her. Among the guests is Jack Beckett (Webb), who lives by his wits and has gained entree as a favorite of the haughty Lady Wynsaring (Farringt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bite The Bullet (film)
''Bite the Bullet'' is a 1975 American Western film written, produced, and directed by Richard Brooks and starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, and James Coburn, with Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent, Ben Johnson, and Dabney Coleman in supporting roles. Plot Based on actual events of the early twentieth century, the story concerns a grueling cross-country horse race in 1906, with a winner-take-all prize of $2,000 ($ today), and the way it affects the lives of its various participants. The fifteen colorful contestants include: two former Rough Riders named Clayton and Matthews who can't let friendship come between them if they intend to win; Miss Jones...a lady of little virtue; Carbo, a punk kid; Mister, an old cowhand in poor health; Sir Harry Norfolk, an English gentleman who's competing just for the sheer sport of it all; and a Mexican with a toothache who literally needs to bite the bullet. All must race against a thoroughbred of championship pedigree owned by Parker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Boy (film)
''Big Boy'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical comedy film produced by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Alan Crosland and stars Al Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, and Noah Beery. The film is based on the 1925 Broadway hit show of the same name in which Jolson also starred. Synopsis Gus (Al Jolson) is a loyal stable boy and jockey for a rich family in the South that has been interested in horse racing and breeding horses for generations. (In a flashback to 1870, we see Gus's grandfather working for the same family.) The young heir of the family, Jack, loses a lot of money by gambling and is blackmailed by his creditors for forging a check. They persuade Jack to ask his mother to replace Gus with another jockey for the family's racehorse, Big Boy, but she refuses. They frame Gus for tampering with the horse and he is discharged, replaced by a jockey who has been bought off to lose on purpose. Gus finds work as a waiter in a fancy restaurant, where he uncovers the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Kitty
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''Beautiful Kitty'' is a 1923 British silent sports film directed by Walter West and starring Violet Hopson, James Knight and Robert Vallis. Cast * Violet Hopson as Kitty * James Knight as Jim Bennett * Robert Vallis as Alf Briggs * Arthur Walcott * Polly Emery Polly Emery (10 May 1875 – 31 October 1958) was an English actress of both silent and talking pictures. , ftvd ... Critical reception Allmovie called it a "drab British comedy."References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''The History of the British Film 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. Externa ...
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Barnet Horse Fair (film)
''Barnet Horse Fair'' is an 1896 British short black-and-white silent documentary film produced by Robert W. Paul Robert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English pioneer of film and scientific instrument maker. He made narrative films as early as April 1895. Those films were shown first in Edison Kinetoscope knockoffs. In 1896 he s .... Given the age of this film the copyright has now expired. The Barnet Horse Fair had begun in the 16th century and was originally held twice a year before becoming an annual event. Up until the 20th century it mainly involved the sale of horses and other livestock. References External links * 1896 films 1890s British films British short documentary films British silent short films 1890s short documentary films Black-and-white documentary films Films about horses British black-and-white films {{1890s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beauty (1921)
''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill.Merriam-Webster (1995). "Black Beauty". ''Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature''. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, ''Black Beauty'' is one of the best-selling books of all time.The Times on ''Black Beauty'': "Fifty million copies of Black Beauty have been sold in the years since Anna Sewell's publisher paid her £20 for the story." (29 February 2008) While forthrightly teaching |
A Turf Conspiracy (film)
''A Turf Conspiracy'' is a 1918 British silent sports crime film directed by Frank Wilson and starring Violet Hopson, Gerald Ames and Joan Legge. It is an adaptation of the 1916 novel of the same name by Nat Gould.Palmer p.856 Cast * Violet Hopson as Madge Iman * Gerald Ames as Gordon Chorley * Joan Legge as Olga Bell * Cameron Carr as Superintendent Ladson * Arthur Walcott as Jack Rook * Wyndham Guise as Tilston * Tom Coventry Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ... as Abe Wrench * Frank Wilson as Dick Bell * W.R. Harrison as Detective Thawson References Bibliography * Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1988. External links * 1918 films 1910s sports drama films British sports drama films British horse ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
