The Kentuckians
The Kentuckians is an 1898 novel by John Fox Jr. It was adapted into two films: first as The Fighting Kentuckians in 1920, then as The Kentuckians in 1921.
Novel
[edit | edit source]The novel was written by John Fox Jr. and published in 1898.[1] The story contrasts a mountain man and a wealthy flatlander competing for the same love interest.[1] The book was reprinted as The Kentuckians, A Knight of the Cimberland.[2] W. T. Smedley illustrated it.
It was Fox's first novel.[1] Fox lived in Big Stone Gap and had a successful writing career.[3]
1920 film
[edit | edit source]Sterling Feature Pictures adapted the novel as The Fighting Kentuckians in 1920. The film was directed by J. Harrison Edwards with Thornton Baston, Irma Harrison, Myra Brooks, Tom Burroughs, Adele Kelly, Colen Chase, Pete Raymond and May Wick. The author of In Old Kentucky, Charles T Dazey, helped write the titles. At least part of the film was reportedly shot on location with locals.[4]
1921 film
[edit | edit source]The Kentuckians is a lost[5] 1921 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and written by Frank Tuttle based upon the novel of the same name by John Fox, Jr. The film stars Monte Blue, Wilfred Lytell, Diana Allen, Francis Joyner, J.H. Gilmour, John Miltern, and Thomas S. Brown. The film was released on February 20, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.[6][7]
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Cast
[edit | edit source]- Monte Blue as Boone Stallard
- Wilfred Lytell as Randolph Marshall
- Diana Allen as Anne Bruce
- Francis Joyner as Mace Keaton
- J. H. Gilmour as Governor
- John Miltern as Colton
- Thomas S. Brown as Jake Stallard
- J. W. Johnston as Boone's Brother
- Russell Parker as Constable
- John Carr as Young Keaton
- Albert Hewitt as Young Stallard
- Eugenie Woodward as Ma Stallard
- Wes Jenkins as Uncle Cadmus
- Grace Reals as Mrs. Marshall
References
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External links
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- The Kentuckians at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Stills at silenthollywood.com
- 1921 films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent drama films
- 1921 drama films
- Paramount Pictures films
- Films directed by Charles Maigne
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- Lost American drama films
- 1921 lost films
- English-language drama films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s lost silent drama film stubs