''My Old Kentucky Home'' is a 1938 American
romantic drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana. His mother was character actress Lydia Knott. A graduate of ...
and starring
Evelyn Venable
Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film ''Death Takes a Holiday''. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s, ...
,
Grant Richards and
Clara Blandick
Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American character, film, stage and theater actress. She played Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939).
As a character actress, she ...
.
[Kleber p.316] It takes its title from the song "
My Old Kentucky Home
"My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!" is a sentimental ballad written by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. It was published in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York. Foster was likely inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-sl ...
". It was distributed by
Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios i ...
. The film's sets were designed by the art director
Frank Dexter.
Plot
Larry Blair is engaged to Lisbeth, but is tempted by the attractions of a female singer. When Larry suffers an accident and risks losing his sight, it is Lisbeth who nurses him back to health.
Cast
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Evelyn Venable
Evelyn Venable (October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993) was an American actress perhaps best known for her role as Grazia in the 1934 film ''Death Takes a Holiday''. In addition to acting in around two dozen films during the 1930s and 1940s, ...
as Lisbeth Calvert
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Grant Richards as Larry Blair
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Clara Blandick
Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American character, film, stage and theater actress. She played Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939).
As a character actress, she ...
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
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Bernadene Hayes
Bernadene Hayes (March 15, 1912 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actress.
Early years
Hayes was born at 3855 Lindell Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hayes. She had three brothers an ...
as Gail Burke
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J. Farrell MacDonald
John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed fort ...
as Mayor Jim Hopkins
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Margaret Marquis
Margaret Alice Marquis (August 19, 1919 – January 19, 1993) was a Canadian-American film actress.
Marquis was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Marquis.
Personal life
On November 1, 1937, Marquis married Universal Studios publicist David c. ...
as Lucy Belle
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Cornelius Keefe
Cornelius Keefe (July 13, 1900 – December 11, 1972) was an American film actor.Pitts p.297
Selected filmography
* ''A Society Scandal'' (1924)
* ''Those Who Judge'' (1924)
* '' Lend Me Your Husband'' (1924)
*'' The Law and the Lady'' (1924)
* ' ...
as Trent Burke
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Kitty McHugh
Kitty McHugh (born Katherine McHugh; October 3, 1902 – September 3, 1954) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1934 and 1953.
Early years
McHugh was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed McHugh. She had three brother ...
as Peggy Price
* Raquel Davidovich as Babette
* Paul White as Scipio-Singer
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Mildred Gover
Mildred Gover (1905–1947) was an American film actress.Pitts p.207
Selected filmography
* '' Alimony Madness'' (1933)
* '' Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1934)
* ''High School Girl'' (1934)
* '' Ring Around the Moon'' (1936)
* '' Penrod and ...
as Callio
*
Hall Johnson
Francis Hall Johnson (March 12, 1888 – April 30, 1970) was an American composer and arranger of African-American spiritual music. He is one of a group—including Harry T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, and Eva Jessye—who had great success pe ...
as Leader of the Hall Johnson Choir
References
Bibliography
* John E. Kleber. ''The Kentucky Encyclopedia''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
External links
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1938 films
1930s romance films
American romance films
Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
Films set in Kentucky
Monogram Pictures films
American black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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