''The Kentucky Derby'' is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by
King Baggot
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America ...
and starring
Reginald Denny. It is based on a Broadway play ''The Suburban'' by
Charles T. Dazey. It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Denny's first starring feature-length movie.
The film survives today.
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Kentucky Derby''
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Cast
* Reginald Denny as Donald Gordon
*Lillian Rich
Lillian Rose Rich Woodland, more commonly known as Lillian Rich (1 January 1900 – 5 January 1954) was an English-born actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940.
Biography
Rich was born in Herne ...
as Alice Brown
*Emmett King
Emmett Carleton King (May 31, 1865 – April 21, 1953) was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Biography
King began his acting career on stage. His first Broadway appearance was in 1899, in the farce, ''The Father of His Country'', which ...
as Col. Moncrief Gordon
*Walter McGrail
Walter B. McGrail (October 19, 1888 – March 19, 1970) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1916 and 1951. Besides feature films, he appeared in ''The Scarlet Runner'', a 12-chapter serial.
McGrail was born in ...
as Ralph Gordon
*Gertrude Astor
Gertrude Astor (born Gertrude Irene Eyster; November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone in a woman's band.
Early years
Gertrude Irene Eyster was born in Lakew ...
as Helen Gordon
*Lionel Belmore
Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 – 30 January 1953) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century.
Life and career
Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, ...
as Col. Rome Woolrich
*Kingsley Benedict
Kingsley Benedict (November 14, 1878 – November 27, 1951) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1915 and 1930. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Benedic ...
as Joe
*Bert Woodruff
William Herbert "Bert" Woodruff (April 29, 1856 – June 14, 1934) was an American actor of the silent era.
Woodruff was born in Peoria, Illinois, and was the son of Mrs. Hannah Woodruff. He performed on stage before he began acting on fi ...
as Rance Newcombe
* Bert Tracy as Topper Tom
*Harry Carter as Bob Thurston
*Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter.
Early life
Lucas was born in Norfolk County, Ontario on January 30, 1871,US ...
as Capt. Wolff
*Pat Harmon
Plummer Hull Harman (February 3, 1886 – November 26, 1958), known professionally as Pat Harmon, was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1920 and 1947.
In 1935, Harmon was the victim of a violent assault whic ...
as Jensen
*Anna Dodge
Anna Dodge (October 18, 1867 – May 4, 1945) was an American silent film actress.
Anna Dodge married silent film actor George Hernandez and was frequently credited as Anna Hernandez.
Filmography
1910s
* ''Making a Man of Him'' (1911)
* ''O ...
as Mrs. Clancy (* billed as Anna Hernandez)
*Verne Winter as Timmy Clancy
See also
*Gertrude Astor filmography This entry is more or less the complete filmography of actress Gertrude Astor.
1915-1916
*''Under Two Flags'' (1915, Short) as Venetia
*''The Shadows of Suspicion'' (1916, Short) as May Latham
*''The Janitor's Vacation'' (1916)
1917
*''Bombs an ...
References
External links
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Lobby poster
1922 films
1922 adventure films
American adventure films
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
American horse racing films
American silent feature films
Films directed by King Baggot
Universal Pictures films
1920s American films
Silent adventure films
1920s English-language films
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