Kentucky Girl

A race track melodrama of a kind that may safely be warranted to get over with a big, emotional thrill. They all do, when they are well put together; this one does, but they are all very much alike. This one is not quite so good as the best we have seen; but it is pretty effective and has some first class race pictures. There are two stereotyped ways of working out this situation. One is to make the villain "dope" the jockey, compelling the girl to ride in order to pay the inevitable mortgage. The other is to have the villain frustrated in an attempt to "dope" the horse and then confound him on that basis. This picture chooses the latter. Its one fault lies in the fact that it has two heroes, the girl's brother and the jockey whom she kisses. Because it doesn't really tell a love story (all melodramas should, that is what they were invented for) it is weakened. Among the other releases, it makes a good offering. - The Moving Picture World, August 31, 1912