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The Dixie Handicap
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 6509 or 6905? feet
Directed by Reginald Barker
Cast: Claire Windsor [Virginia, the daughter], Frank Keenan [Judge Roberts, the racehorse owner], Lloyd Hughes [Johnny Sheridan], John Sainpolis (John St. Polis) [Dexter], Otis Harlan [Noah, the old retainer], Joseph Morrison [Bubbles, the errant groom], Otto Hoffman [the major], Edward Martindel [Mr. Bosworth], Ruth King [Mrs. Bosworth], William Quirk (Billy Quirk) [a tout], James Quinn [a tout], Loyal Underwood [‘Losing’ Jones], Bert Lindley [the conductor], William Orlamond [the sheriff], Milton Ross [the constable], J.P. Lockney [the milkman]
Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation [A Metro-Goldwyn Picture]. / Scenario by Waldemar Young, from the short story “Dixie” by Gerald Beaumont. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Assistant director, Harry Schenck. Cinematography by Percy Hilburn. Film editor, Daniel J. Gray. Presented by Louis B. Mayer. / © 5 January 1925 by Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [LP21018]. Released 12 January 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: African-Americans - Animals: Horses - Blackface - Races: Horse - USA: New York: Belmont Park Racetrack
Listing updated: 15 June 2026.
References: Eames-MGM p. 13; FilmYearBook-1926 pp. 22, 37 : ClasIm-225 p. 44 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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