
Silks and Saddles (1929)
60 min
Jockey Johnny Spencer loses his job with Mrs. Calhoun for throwing a race. An adventuress named Sybil, who made Johnny hold back Mrs. Calhoun's horse, Lady, leaves him, and he becomes a racetrack bum. Johnny returns to Mrs. Calhoun's stable when the new jockey proves unable to manage Lady. Johnny wins the next race, thereby regaining Mrs. Calhoun's confidence and winning the love of her attractive daughter, Lucy.
- Release date
- January 20, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Walling as Johnny Spencer
- Marian Nixon as Lucy Calhoun
- Sam De Grasse as William Morrissey
- Montagu Love as Walter Sinclair
- Mary Nolan as Sybil Morrissey
- Otis Harlan as Jimmy McKee
- David Torrence as Judge Clifford
- Claire McDowell as Mrs. Calhoun
- Johnny Fox as Ellis
- Hayden Stevenson as Trainer
Crew
- Robert F. Hill · Director
- Gerald Beaumont · Writer
- Faith Thomas · Writer
- Paul Gangelin · Writer
- James Gruen · Writer
- Joseph Brotherton · Cinematographer
- Daniel Mandell · Editor