Kentucky (1938)
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The blue grass of Kentucky was seen in three-strip Technicolor for the first time in this rambling racetrack drama. Sally Goodwin (Loretta Young) falls in love with Jack Dillon (Richard Greene), but the arrangement is complicated by a decades-old feud. Sally's uncle Peter (Walter Brennan, who won his second Academy Award for this appearance) has hated Jack's family ever since sides were chosen up in the Civil War. Jack secretly trains Peter's horse for the Kentucky Derby, causing the old man to nearly withdraw from the event out of pique. All is forgiven when the horse wins, but Brennan dies of the excitement, and his eulogy is read by a member of the family with whom he'd been feuding for nearly 70 years. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Loretta Young, Richard Greene, (more)
- Director(s):
- David Butler
Synopsis of Kentucky
The blue grass of Kentucky was seen in three-strip Technicolor for the first time in this rambling racetrack drama. Sally Goodwin (Loretta Young) falls in love with Jack Dillon (Richard Greene), but the arrangement is complicated by a decades-old feud. Sally's uncle Peter (Walter Brennan, who won his second Academy Award for this appearance) has hated Jack's family ever since sides were chosen up in the Civil War. Jack secretly trains Peter's horse for the Kentucky Derby, causing the old man to nearly withdraw from the event out of pique. All is forgiven when the horse wins, but Brennan dies of the excitement, and his eulogy is read by a member of the family with whom he'd been feuding for nearly 70 years. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Kentucky
- Loretta Young - Sally Goodwin
- Walter Brennan - Peter Goodwin
- Karen Morley - Mrs. Goodwin, 1861
- George H. Reed - Old Ben
- Delmar Watson - Thad Goodwin Jr: 1861
- Charles Lane - Auctioneer
- Harry Hayden - Racing Secretary
- Cliff Clark - Melish
- Charles Trowbridge - Doctor
- Thaddeus Jones - Zeb
- Lee Shumway - Sergeant
- Joan Valerie - Lucy Pemberton
- Moroni Olsen - John Dillon II, 1937
- John Elliott - Purchaser
- Eddie "Rochester" Anderson - Groom
- Billy McClain - Zeke
- Walter Miller - Cavalry Sergeant
- Lee Murray - Palisades' Jockey
- Richard Greene - Jack Dillon
- Douglas Dumbrille - John Dillon, 1861
- Willard Robertson - Bob Sloeum
- Bobs Watson - Peter Goodwin, 1861
- Leona Roberts - Grace Goodwin
- Charles B. Middleton - Southerner
- Robert Middlemass - Track Official
- Frederick Burton - Presiding Officer
- Stanley Andrews - Presiding Judge
- Chick Chandler - Clerk
- Robert Lowery - Dance Partner at Ball
- Russell Hicks - Thad Goodwin, Sr., 1861
- Douglas Wood - Race Track Patron
- John Nesbitt - Commentator
- Mme. Sul Te Wan - Old Lily
- Edward Earle - Man
- Matthew "Stymie" Beard - Boy
- Margaret Irving - Woman
- Director(s):
- David Butler
- Writer(s):
- John Taintor Foote, Lamar Trotti
- Producer(s):
- Gene Markey, Darryl F. Zanuck
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