Kentucky Pride (1925)

Plot Summary
Henry B. Walthall, of Griffith's Birth of a Nation fame, starred as Beaumont,
a horse breeder losing everything he owns on the horse Virginia's Future.
His upwardly mobile wife (Gertrude Astor) having deserted him in favor of a more financially stable neighbor (Malcolm Waite), Beaumont can only watch as trainer
Mike Donovan (J. Farrell McDonald) nurses Virginia's Future back to health
and then is forced to sell her colt, Confederacy, to a foreign junk dealer,
who mistreats him. When Confederacy enters the Kentucky Futurity with young Danny Donovan
(Winston Miller) in the saddle, Beaumont and Mike bet every thing they own on the horse,
which wins handsomely. Using part of his winnings to buy back Virginia's Future,
a satisfied Beaumont puts the horse out to pasture.
Among the racehorses featured in this film was the famous champion Man o' War.
~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Full Cast
Gertrude Astor ... Mrs. Beaumont
Peaches Jackson ... Virginia Beaumont
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Donovan
Man o' War
Winston Miller ... Danny Donovan
Belle Stoddard ... Mrs. Donovan
Malcolm Waite ... Carter
Henry B. Walthall ... Mr. Beaumont
Sayre Dearing ... Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Elizabeth Pickett titles
Dorothy Yost

Cinematography
George Schneiderman

Kentucky Pride is a 1925 silent drama film,
a sentimental horse opera set among the racing crowd in Kentucky.
Starring Gertrude Astor, Peaches Jackson, J. Farrell MacDonald,
and a horse called Man O' War

A print of this film survives in the
Museum of Modern Art Film Archives, New York.