This rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between humans and animals told largely from the point of view of a racehorse who observes as her breeder (Henry B. Walthall) is forced to sell her when he loses everything in a poker game. Several of the era’s most famous racehorses make appearances, including the legendary champion thoroughbred Man o’ War.
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Cast
Gertrude Astor
Mrs. Beaumont
J. Farrell MacDonald
Donavan
Henry B. Walthall
Mr. Beaumont
Peaches Jackson
Virginia Beaumont
Man o' War
Race Horse
Winston Miller
Danny Donavan
Malcolm Waite
Carter
Belle Stoddard
Mrs. Donovan
George H. Reed
Trainer
Sayre Dearing
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Preacher (uncredited)
Michael Dark
Mr. Ogden (uncredited)
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