My Old Kentucky Home (1922 film)

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My Old Kentucky Home
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Directed byRay C. Smallwood
Story by Anthony Paul Kelly
Starring Monte Blue
Julia Swayne Gordon
Frank Currier
CinematographyMike Joyce
Ollie Leach
Production
company
Pyramid Pictures
Distributed by American Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • April 22, 1922 (1922-04-22)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

My Old Kentucky Home is a lost [1] 1922 American silent drama film directed by Ray C. Smallwood and starring Monte Blue, Julia Swayne Gordon, and Frank Currier. [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [3] Richard Goodloe (Blue), son of a proud Southern widow (Gordon), has been released from prison where he served two years after being railroaded by another crook, and returns to his home in Kentucky. En route he meets his former sweetheart Virginia Sanders (Holmquist). His mother has entered their horse Dixie in the derby and the family fortune is at stake. In one of the fastest races ever run, Dixie wins. Mrs. Goodloe accepts the hand of Colonel Sanders (Currier), and, after "Con" Arnold (Carewe) is exposed as a criminal, Virginia declares her love for Richard.

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References

  1. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: My Old Kentucky Home
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: My Old Kentucky Home at silentera.com
  3. "Reviews: My Old Kentucky Home". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (20): 57. May 13, 1922.