Cinematography:
Ray RennahanComposer:
Arthur BenjaminCast:
Annabella, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks, Helen Haye, Edward Underdown, John McCormack, Evelyn Ankers, Mark Daly, Frank CrawshawPlots(1)
The story, set in the late 1880s, concerns the tempestuous love between an Irish nobleman and the fiery Spanish gypsy he loves. Despite the strident objections of his stuffy, blue-blooded parents, the lovers wed. Unfortunately, the woman is widowed when her husband falls from a horse. The grieving lass returns to her wandering clan in Spain and does not return to Erin for thirty years. When she finally does, it is with a fabulous race horse and her beautiful granddaughter (the spitting image of the old woman in her youth) who masquerades as a boy so she can ride the horse in the Epsom Downs Derby. While awaiting the big race, the granddaughter meets a handsome Canadian horse trainer. He finds out her true sex, but says nothing. One night, he sees her dressed for a gala and seeing that she is truly a beauty falls deeply in love, even though he knows that the lass is engaged to another. Still the trainer and the bogus jockey fall in love. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Annabella
France
Best movies:
Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927)
Le Million (1931)
Hôtel du Nord (1938)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Leslie Banks
UK
Best movies:
Helen Haye
India
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Edward Underdown
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
Tarka the Otter (1979)
Thunderball (1965)
John McCormack
UK
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Evelyn Ankers
Chile
Best movies:
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Fire Over England (1937)
Mark Daly
UK
Best movies:
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)
Frank Crawshaw
UK
Best movies:
Oliver! (1968)