Pride of the Blue Grass (1954 film)

Pride of the Blue Grass
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	Harold Shumate
Produced by	Hayes Goetz
Starring	Lloyd Bridges Vera Miles Margaret Sheridan Arthur Shields
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	John C. Fuller
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Color process	Cinecolor
Production company	Allied Artists
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date	April 4, 1954 (1954-04-04)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Pride of the Blue Grass is a 1954 American drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Lloyd Bridges, Vera Miles and Margaret Sheridan. It is also known by the alternative title Prince of the Blue Grass. It was the last feature film shot in Cinecolor.

Plot

Jim Nolan owns a stable of thoroughbred racehorses and employs Pop Wilson, a long-ago trainer, as a groom. Pop has a son, Danny, whose ambition is to become a jockey.

One day, Linda Mason brings her horse Gypsy Prince to the Nolan stable and ends up boarding him there, although Jim is convinced that the horse does not have the making of a champion. Linda takes a job as a waitress at the track restaurant to pay for her horse's keep.

Pop and Danny put long hours into training and riding Gypsy Prince, but just as he is about to win his first race, a bandage on the horse's leg comes loose and it stumbles before the finish line. Danny is injured and a doctor intends to euthanize the horse, but Linda talks him out of it.

After going to work for wealthy stable owner Helen Hunter, who also has a romantic interest in him, Jim at first alienates Linda, then is pleased to see that she and the Wilsons have nursed Gypsy Prince back to health. All are happily reunited after Linda's horse wins the next race.

Cast

• Lloyd Bridges as Jim
• Vera Miles as Linda
• Margaret Sheridan as Helen
• Arthur Shields as Wilson
• Michael Chapin as Danny
• Harry Cheshire as Hunter
• Cecil Weston as Mrs. Graves
• Emory Parnell as Mr. Casey
• Joan Shawlee as Mrs. Casey
• Ray Walker as Veterinarian

See also

• List of films about horse racing

Bibliography

• Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press, 2005.

External links

• Pride of the Blue Grass at IMDb
• Pride of the Blue Grass at AllMovie
• Pride of the Blue Grass at the TCM Movie Database
• Pride of the Blue Grass at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films