In Old Kentucky (1935 film)

1935 film by George Marshall

In Old Kentucky

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Directed by| George Marshall
Written by| Sam Hellman
Gladys Lehman
Henry Johnson (add. dialogue)
Based on| 1893 play In Old Kentucky
by Charles T. Dazey
Produced by| Edward Butcher
Starring| Will Rogers
Dorothy Wilson
Russell Hardie
Cinematography| L. William O'Connell
Edited by| Jack Murray
Music by| Arthur Lange (uncredited)

Production
company

Fox Film Corporation

Distributed by| 20th Century Fox

Release date

* November 22, 1935 (1935-11-22)

Running time

| 86 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Box office| $1,438,000 (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

In Old Kentucky is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie. Two feuding families decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. It was Rogers' last film and was released posthumously after he was killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935. The picture's supporting cast features Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Wash Jackson.

It was filmed on-location on two sites in Thousand Oaks, California: Deerwood Stock Farm and Borchard Ranch.[2][3]

## Cast

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* Will Rogers as Steve Tapley
* Dorothy Wilson as Nancy Martingale
* Russell Hardie as Dr. Lee Andrews
* Charles Sellon as Ezra Martingale
* Louise Henry as Arlene Shattuck
* Esther Dale as Dolly Breckenridge
* Alan Dinehart as Slick Doherty
* Charles Richman as Pole Shattuck
* Etienne Girardot as Pluvius J. Aspinwall
* John Ince as Sheriff
* Bill Robinson as Wash Jackson
* Greyboy the Horse as Greyboy

## References

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1. ^ "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990.
2. ^ Schneider, Jerry L. (2015). Western Filming Locations Book 1. CP Entertainment Books. Page 133. ISBN 9780692561348.
3. ^ Maulhardt, Jeffrey Wayne (2010). Conejo Valley. Arcadia Publishing. Page 94. ISBN 9780738580395.

## External links

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* In Old Kentucky at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
* In Old Kentucky at IMDb
* In Old Kentucky at the TCM Movie Database
* In Old Kentucky at AllMovie

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