Jack Howard Movies
- 1950
As indicated by its title, Blue Grass of Kentucky is a horse-racing opus. Bill Williams plays Lin McIvor, the owner of a horse named Blue Grass. He doesn't know it, but the horse was sired by a Kentucky Derby winner, owned by Armistead (Russell Hicks). The aristocratic Armistead had previously refused to mate his prize horse with McIvor's best mare, but the union was orchestrated in secret by Armistead's sympathetic daughter Pat (Jane Nigh). Highlighted by actual scenes from the annual Derby at Churchill Downs, Blue Grass of Kentucky was pleasingly lensed in Cinecolor. The film is ample proof that prolific "B"-flick director William "One Take" Beaudine was capable of turning out first-rate work. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bill Williams, Jane Nigh, (more)
- 1926
Stage actor George Beban produced, wrote, and directed this sentimental melodrama about Ricardo Bitelli, a greengrocer who allows his young ward, Annetta (Soliga Lee), to marry a bounder, Steve Randall (Jack Singleton). But on her wedding night, Annetta realizes that she loves Ricardo and not Steve. The greengrocer, meanwhile, has invested in real estate in Florida and been kidnapped by some bootleggers. Discovering that Steve is a bigamist, Annetta leaves for Florida where she is reunited with Ricardo, who has managed to escape his captors. The Loves of Ricardo was presented in a unique way where the film was momentarily halted to give way for live interpretations by Beban, Amelia Milane as Annetta, and Monte Collins Jr. as Steve. Trimmed from eight to six reels and sans the live performances, the film was reissued in 1928. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Starring:
- George Beban, Lolita Lee, (more)
