King of the Turf
Cast & Crew
Alfred E. Green
Adolphe Menjou
Roger Daniel
Dolores Costello
Walter Abel
Alan Dinehart
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Once a legendary figure along the race tracks, Jim Mason becomes a down-and-out drunk after a crooked race results in the death of his favorite horse and jockey. One day, while stealing a ride on a railroad car carrying horses, he meets Goldie, a stableboy, and the two become fast friends. Goldie weans Mason from the whiskey bottle and encourages him to regain his former position in racing. Through a technicality at a public auction, Goldie and Mason buy a horse for two dollars, and with the skillful training of the old master and riding of Goldie, the steed is nurtured into a winner. Their winning streak attracts the attention of a crooked bookie ring, which tries to persuade the boy to play along with them. Meanwhile, the boy's mother, Eve Barnes, comes to reclaim her runaway son, and Mason recognizes her as his ex-wife and realizes that Goldie is actually his own son. Eve convinces Mason that the track will destroy Goldie, and to force the boy to return home, Mason pretends that he again has succumbed to the temptations of gambling and whiskey. He makes Goldie promise to throw the big race, but the youngster's love for his horse prevents him from losing. After winning the race, Goldie returns home, never realizing that the crooked gambler named Mason is his self-sacrificing father.
Director
Alfred E. Green
Cast
Adolphe Menjou
Roger Daniel
Dolores Costello
Walter Abel
Alan Dinehart
William Demarest
Harold Huber
George Mckay
Lee M. Moore
Oscar O'shea
Cliff Nazarro
George Chandler
Milburn Stone
Robert Homans
William Bakewell
Tom Hanlon
Snowflake
Oscar Otis
Charles Mcavoy
Harry Semels
Donald Kerr
Tommy Quinn
Barlow Borland
Charles Sherlock
Eddie Chandler
Crew
Edgar Anderson
Howard Anderson
William Bridgehouse
George Bruce
Robert Crandall
Paul E. Macpherson
Joseph H. Nadel
Robert Planck
John Ducasse Schulze
Earl C. Sitar
Edward Small
Edward Small
Cullen Tate
Frank Tours
Grant Whytock
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
According to a news item in Hollywood Reporter, Oscar Otis, the race announcer in the film, worked as a race handicapper for The Los Angeles Times.
