Movies by Gertrude Astor

Kentucky Pride

Kentucky Pride

This rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between humans and animals told largely from the point of view of a racehorse who observes as her breeder (Henry B. Walthall) is forced to sell her when he loses everything in a poker game. Several of the era’s most famous racehorses make appearances, including the legendary champion thoroughbred Man o’ War.

Twin Beds

Twin Beds

A young husband just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.

Guilty Parents

Guilty Parents

A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.