In Old Kentucky
Brief Synopsis
Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War. At the same time, he prepares Major Brierly's horse, which served bravely with the Major at the front, for the Kentucky Derby.
Cast & Crew
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John M. Stahl
Director
James Murray
Jimmy Brierly
Helene Costello
Nancy Holden
Wesley Barry
"Skippy" Lowry
Dorothy Cumming
Mrs. Brierly
Edward Martindel
Mr. Brierly
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Western
Release Date
Oct
29,
1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play In Old Kentucky; an American Play in Four Acts by Charles T. Dazey (New York, 2 Jan 1922).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,646ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
Disillusioned by his experiences in the World War, Jimmy Brierly returns, a gambler and a drunk, to his family of Kentucky horsebreeders. He finds poverty threatening the estate, all the horses having been contributed to the war effort. Then a famous racehorse, once owned by Mr. Brierly, that Jimmy rode in the war is by coincidence repurchased. Entered in the Derby, it recoups the family fortune.
Director
John M. Stahl
Director
Cast
James Murray
Jimmy Brierly
Helene Costello
Nancy Holden
Wesley Barry
"Skippy" Lowry
Dorothy Cumming
Mrs. Brierly
Edward Martindel
Mr. Brierly
Harvey Clark
Dan Lowry
Stepin Fetchit
Highpockets
Carolynne Snowden
Lily May
Nick Cogley
Uncle Bible
Crew
Marian Ainslee
Titles
Margaret Booth
Film Editor
Gilbert Clark
Wardrobe
Ruth Cummings
Titles
Maximilian Fabian
Director of Photography
Ernest Fegte
Set Decoration
David Friedman
Assistant Director
Cedric Gibbons
Set Decoration
Lew Lipton
Adaptation
Basil Wrangell
Film Editor
A. P. Younger
Adaptation
A. P. Younger
Scen
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Western
Release Date
Oct
29,
1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play In Old Kentucky; an American Play in Four Acts by Charles T. Dazey (New York, 2 Jan 1922).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,646ft
(7 reels)
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
In Old Kentucky marked the first credited screen appearance of African-American actor Stepin Fetchit (1902-1985), whose real name was Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry.
