My Old Kentucky Home (1938)

7.5/10 72 min Drama Music

Overview

Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an accident in her apartment. He is slowly going blind and decides that he shouldn't marry Lisbeth. A surgeon restores his sight and he and Lisbeth reconcile to the strains of "My Old Kentucky Home" sung by the Hall Johnson Choir.

Cast

Evelyn Venable

Lisbeth Calvert

Grant Richards

Larry Blair

Clara Blandick

Julia 'Granny' Blair

Bernadene Hayes

Gail Burke

J. Farrell MacDonald

Mayor Jim Hopkins

Cornelius Keefe

Trent Burke

Kitty McHugh

Peggy Price

Paul White

Scipio-Singer

Don Brodie

(uncredited)

Bobby Burns

(uncredited)

Edward Hearn

(uncredited)

Howard Hickman

(uncredited)

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