Kentucky Moonshine

May 20, 1938

1h 27m

★ 5.3

Overview

The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Harrigan - a Ritz Brother

Harry Ritz

Mulligan - a Ritz Brother

Al Ritz

Garrity - a Ritz Brother

Jimmy Ritz

Jerry Wade

Tony Martin

Caroline

Marjorie Weaver

Hank Hatfield

Slim Summerville

Reef Hatfield

John Carradine

J.B.

Berton Churchill

Sugar Hatfield

Mary Treen

Gus Bryce

Wally Vernon

Clem Hatfield

Frank McGlynn Jr.

Grandpa Hatfield

Francis Ford

The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.

5.8

The Story of Seabiscuit

Nov 12, 1949

Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel

6.4

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Mar 13, 1936

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

6.4

The Sun Shines Bright

May 2, 1953

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

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0.0

His Fighting Blood

Jan 18, 1915

In the mountains and hills of Kentucky, a feud has raged for many years between the McTriggers and the Sampsons. In vain did the authorities intervene, threaten arrests and endeavor to patch up the mimic war; all these efforts were of no avail.

5.7

To the Last Man

Sep 15, 1933

In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.

6.0

Heart o' the Hills

Nov 30, 1919

Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.

5.0

Professional Sweetheart

Jun 9, 1933

Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood in order to sell the sponsor's product Ippsie-Wippsie Washcloths. In reality, Glory would like to at least sample booze, jazz, gambling, and men. When the strain of representing "purity" brings her to rebellion, the sponsor and his nutty henchmen pick her a public-relations "sweetheart" from fan mail, who turns out to be a hayseed.

0.0

Wendy, Will You Go to the Dance With Me?

Feb 14, 2021

Hunter is about to ask Wendy to the school dance, but she's hiding a big secret from him...

7.4

Goldfinger

Sep 20, 1964

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.

0.0

Daniel Boone: The Promised Land

Mar 19, 1961

The wagon train on the way to Kentucky has to lighten the loads to get across the mountains and battle Indians.

7.2

Coal Miner's Daughter

Mar 7, 1980

Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.

7.5

Harlan County U.S.A.

Jan 23, 1977

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.

5.5

In Country

Sep 15, 1989

Samantha Hughes, a teenaged Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before her birth. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl, and Pete, three other Vietnam vets who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another that relate to their war experiences. Samantha becomes obsessed with finding out about her father.

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5.8

Into the Pit: The Shocking Story of Deadpit.com

Aug 9, 2009

Prestonburg, KY is a small blue-collar town with hunting, fishing, coal mining, and two of the biggest names in online horror talk radio: Wes Vance and Aaron Frye (aka "The Creepy Kentuckian" and "Uncle Bill") The two self-proclaimed "redneck geeks" bonded at a young age while their weekends devouring horror films. They now use their extensive horror knowledge to record a weekly podcast on DEADPIT.com and have found a worldwide audience through their candid conversation, quick wit, and lots of swearing. What started as an outlet to express their love for horror films has evolved into an online industry with millions of followers and the ability to talk to their childhood heroes. But what happens when your childhood pursuits start to collide with your adult aspirations? Can Deadpit survive it's own success?