''Bred in Old Kentucky'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by Edward Dillon and starring

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, Jerry Miley and

Jed Prouty Jed Prouty (born Clarence Gordon Prouty; April 6, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an American film actor. Biography Born as Clarence Gordon Prouty in Boston, Massachusetts, Prouty was a vaudeville performer before becoming a film actor. Mostly appe ...

.Munden p.84

Cast

as Katie O'Doone * Jerry Miley as Dennis Reilly *

as Jake Trumbull * Jim Mason as Tod Cuyler *

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as Mr. Welkin *

Josephine Crowell Josephine Bonaparte CrowellSlide, Anthony (1973). The Griffith Actresses'. South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes. pp. 22, 24. . (January 11, 1859– July 27, 1932) was a Canadian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 90 fil ...

as Landlady

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1926 films 1920s sports films American horse racing films Films directed by Edward Dillon American silent feature films Film Booking Offices of America films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American sports films English-language sports films {{Sport-film-stub