In Old Kentucky

(1927)

70 minutes

Drama / Silent

Directed by John M. Stahl

Cast:

James Murray as Jimmy Brierly
Helene Costello as Nancy Holden
Wesley Barry as Skippy Lowry
Dorothy Cumming as Mrs. Brierly
Edward Martindel as Mr. Brierly
Harvey Clark as Dan Lowry
Stepin Fetchit as Highpockets
Carolynne Snowden as Lily May
Nick Cogley as Uncle Bible

Madge Brierly is an illiterate Blue Ridge Mountain girl who falls in love with Blue Grass aristocrat Frank Layson who is visiting. He stops Horace Holten from taking advantage of her in regards to her coal-rich lands. Frank teaches Madge how to read and write and she saves his horse, Queen Bess, from a fire Holten started. Holten doesn’t stop there. He gets Frank’s jockey drunk on the day of the Kentucky race. Madge decides to disguise herself as the jockey and wins the race with Queen Bess.