Kentucky
1938 | 96m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | David Butler |
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| Writer: | Lamar Trotti, John Taintor Foote |
| Staring: |
| Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 30, 1938 |
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| Director: | David Butler |
| Writer: | Lamar Trotti, John Taintor Foote |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | sports, horse racing, louisville, ky |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Loretta Young | Sally Goodwin |
| Richard Greene | Jack Dillon |
| Walter Brennan | Peter Goodwin |
| Douglass Dumbrille | John Dillon - 1861 |
| Karen Morley | Mrs. Goodwin - 1861 |
| Moroni Olsen | John Dillon - 1938 |
| Russell Hicks | Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861 |
| Willard Robertson | Bob Slocum |
| Charles Waldron | Thad Goodwin - 1938 |
| Bobs Watson | Peter Goodwin - 1861 |
| Delmar Watson | Thad Goodwin Jr. - 1861 |
| Leona Roberts | Grace Goodwin |
| Charles Lane | Auctioneer |
| Charles Middleton | Southerner |
| George H. Reed | Ben |
| Harry Hayden | Racing Secretary |
| Robert Middlemass | Track Official |
| Madame Sul-Te-Wan | Lily |
| Cliff Clark | Melish |
| Meredith Howard | Susie May |
| Frederick Burton | Presiding Officer |
| Charles Trowbridge | Doctor |
| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | Groom |
| Stanley Andrews | Presiding Judge |
| Carol Adams | Girl |
| James Adamson | Stable Swipe |
| John Henry Allen | Stable Swipe |
| Eddie Arcaro | Kentucky Derby Jockey |
| Matthew Beard | Black Child |
| Chick Chandler | Betting Parlor Clerk |
| Tom Chatterton | Man at Race Track |
| James Conaty | Dance Extra |
| Hal K. Dawson | Auction Clerk |
| Dudley Dickerson | Chauffeur |
| John Dilson | Man at Race Track |
| Eddie Dunn | Moving Man |
| James Eagles | Jockey Involved in Disqualification |
| Edward Earle | Man with Woman at Race Track |
| John Elliott | Cal |
| Mildred Gover | Cleo |
| Harrison Greene | Betting Parlor Manager |
| Sherry Hall | Chalker |
| Howard Hickman | Banker |
| John Hiestand | Derby Radio Announcer |
| Margaret Irving | Woman with Man at Race Track |
| Eugene Jackson | Jimmy |
| Frank Jaquet | Martin |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Kentucky Derby Patron |
| Darby Jones | Duckfoot |
| Thaddeus Jones | Zeb |
| Eddie Kane | Mustached Bettor at Race Track |
| Edward Keane | Man at Race Track |
| Robert Lowery | Sally's Partner at Ball |
| Billy McClain | Zeke |
| Harold Miller | Dancer |
| Walter Miller | Cavalry Sergeant |
| Charles R. Moore | Stable Swipe |
| Edmund Mortimer | Dancer |
| James C. Morton | Bartender |
| Daisy Lee Mothershed | Louella |
| Lee Murray | Palisades' Jockey |
| Harry Myers | Dancer |
| John Nesbitt | Commentator (voice) |
| Bernice Pilot | African-American Servant |
| Cyril Ring | Dancer |
| Henry Roquemore | Betting Parlor Patron |
| Willie Saunders | Postman's Jockey |
| Lee Shumway | Sergeant |
| Buster Slaven | Newsboy |
| Edwin Stanley | Banker |
| Larry Steers | Thaddeus' Friend |
| Landers Stevens | Man at RAce Track |
| Bobbie Thomson | Blue Grass' Jockey |
| Joan Valerie | Lucy Pemberton |
| Blue Washington | Bill |
| Douglas Wood | Race Track Patron |
| Lillian Yarbo | Magnolia |
| Sam Harris | Dancer |
| Robert Allen | Man Dancing with Sally (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David Butler | Director |
| Lamar Trotti | Screenplay |
| John Taintor Foote | Screenplay |
| Irene Morra | Editor |
| Lewis H. Creber | Art Direction |
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Gwen Wakeling | Costume Design |
| Ernest Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Ray Rennahan | Director of Photography |
| Roy Clark | Additional Camera |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Gene Markey | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
We start at the outset of the American civil war when the Yankee "Dillon" family seize the thoroughbred horses of the Confederate sympathising "Goodwin" family. It's during this operation that young "Peter Goodwin" sees his father gunned down. Spool onwards 70-odd years and the feud is still alive a ... nd well. "Peter" (Walter Brennan) is now an old curmudgeon with an amazing eye for the horses, but whose family are a bit down on their luck. When their nemesis "Dillon" family, who control the local bank, refuse to give them a loan to invest in a new cotton plantation; young "John Dillon Jnr." (Richard Greene) decides to help them out by getting his father to honour a bet allow them to give the lately bereaved, and pretty broke, daughter "Sally" a pick of their two-year olds. The skilful eye of uncle "Peter" picks an untried black colt "Blue Grass" and some special training from Greene (who adopts an alias to avoid familial suspicions) turns the horse - and the ladies head - ahead of the Kentucky Derby. This is essentially a good looking reworking of "Romeo and Juliet" with an engaging performance from Oscar winning Brennan and some beautifully shot equine photography to support the otherwise unchallenging, feel good melodrama. It passes the time.