Gold Heels (film)

Gold Heels
Gold Heels
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Directed by	W. S. Van Dyke
Written by	Frederick Chapin (story); John Stone (scenario)
Based on	Checkers, a Hard Luck Story; by Henry Martyn Blossom
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Robert Agnew; Peggy Shaw
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	November 3, 1924;
Running time	6 reels (6,020 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Gold Heels is a 1924 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The film is loosely based on legendary racing horse Gold Heels and the novel Checkers by Henry Martyn Blossom.^[1]

Plot[]

As described in a review in a film magazine,^[2] following a steak of hard luck at the race track, Boots (Agnew) and his pal Push (Littlefield) rescue a chap from thugs. Boots takes him to his hometown. He is attracted to a young woman, Pert Barlow (Shaw), and gets a job in her father's (Stockdale) store. Old Barlow owns the broken-down horse, Gold Heels, which Boots buys. A child dies because of the deplorable conditions at the orphanage and Pert starts a campaign to get a new one. Barlow takes charge of the money but it is stolen. Boots is accused of the theft and is jailed, but his pals get him out. He returns to the city. On the day of the big race, he and his pals go to the village, take Gold Heels and load him in an automobile, and after a wild ride reach the track and win the race. Boots is vindicated and Old Barlow suggests that he is willing to have him as a son-in-law.

Cast[]

Robert Agnew as Boots
Peggy Shaw as Pert Barlow
Lucien Littlefield as Push Miller
William Bailey as Kendall Jr.
Carl Stockdale as Barlow
Fred J. Butler as Kendall Sr.
Harry Tracy as Tobe (credited as Harry Tracey)
James Douglas
Winifred Landis
Catherine Craig (credited as Katherine Craig)
Buck Black
Betsy Ann Hisle as Little Jane
Carole Lombard as Bit Part

Preservation[]

A print of Gold Heels is held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.^[3]

References[]

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Gold Heels at silentera.com
^ Sewell, Charles S. (February 7, 1925). "Gold Heels; Fox Offers Race Track Melodrama, a New Version of Harry Blossom's Stage Success, Checkers". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 72 (6): 556. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Gold Heels

External links[]

Gold Heels at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: Gold Heels at silentera.com

[MPBW-2] Sewell, Charles S. (February 7, 1925). "Gold Heels; Fox Offers Race Track Melodrama, a New Version of Harry Blossom's Stage Success, Checkers". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 72 (6): 556. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

[3] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Gold Heels

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