Kentucky Pride (1925)

Directed by

John Ford

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A horse breeder in Kentucky raises a racehorse with the help of his daughter. Their bond is tested as they prepare the horse for competition.

gentlewarmnostalgicslow-pacedheartfeltclassicsweetsimple

What happens

Kentucky Pride is a 1925 American silent drama film from Fox Film about the life of a horse breeder and racer, directed by the famed film director John Ford and starring Henry B. Walthall (who had previously played the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's controversial 1915 film The Birth of a Nation). It is among Ford's lesser-known works, but has been praised for sweetness and charm and its beautiful depiction of the life of horses and the relationship between the protagonist and his daughter. Several well-known thoroughbred racehorses appear in the film, including the legendary Man o' War. A print of Kentucky Pride is in the Museum of Modern Art film archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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