The Kentucky Derby

Release Date: 1922-12-04

Overview: Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to marry Helen to the colonel's son, Donald. The colonel agrees, but Donald balks at the suggestion, then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown. The colonel turns them out, and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordon's wager money and to shanghai him. After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune, returns, finds his wife, hears of a plot against his father's best racehorse, wrings a complete confession from Thurston, and saves the Derby for his repentant father.

Rating: 5 / 10

Cast

Reginald Denny

as Donald Gordon

Lillian Rich

as Alice Brown

Emmett King

as Col. Moncrief Gordon

Walter McGrail

as Ralph Gordon

Gertrude Astor

as Helen Gordon