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The Kentuckian

The Kentuckian

1908Short
ShortWestern
2.7
IMDB Rating
29 votes

A rich young Kentuckian flees West after killing a man in a poker-related duel. Posing as a miner, he visits a saloon, where he carelessly reveals the wad of cash he is carrying. This attracts the envious attention of Native Ameri...

Director
Wallace McCutcheon
Writers
Augustus Marvin, Stanner E.V. Taylor
Stars
Edward Dillon, Florence Auer, D.W. Griffith
Release Date
July 7, 1908
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edward Dillon
Edward Dillon
as Ward Fatherly
Florence Auer
Florence Auer
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
as Card Sharp
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George Gebhardt
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Harry Solter
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
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Anthony O'Sullivan
John G. Adolfi
John G. Adolfi
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Wallace McCutcheon Jr.
Robert G. Vignola
Robert G. Vignola

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Coytesville, New Jersey, USA
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph

🏷️ Keywords

native american womannative american stereotypemiscegenationbased on play

🎯 Categories

ShortWestern

⭐ Featured Review

The Fighting Kentuckian
by Single-Black-Male2003-12-23

"It's appropriate that as D.W. Griffith was born in Kentucky that he should act in a short film with the same title. He doesn't move me as an actor, but I do appreciate that this was his baptism of fire into the industry. Failed footballers like good managers in the same way that failed actors make better directors...."

📖 Synopsis

A rich young Kentuckian flees West after killing a man in a poker-related duel. Posing as a miner, he visits a saloon, where he carelessly reveals the wad of cash he is carrying. This attracts the envious attention of Native Ameri...