The Thoroughbred

Summary Riley and Donovan, racehorse owners and trainers who have been rivals and enemies for years, seek to befriend Tod Taylor, a jockey, and Ham, a retainer. Tod elects to work for Riley, incurring the enmity of rival jockeys. Riley's daughter Colleen sympathizes with Tod and cares for his bruises. Trying to befriend Donovan, Tod wins a match between Riley's colt, Reckless, and Donovan's best horse; and many more victories bolster his confidence. His head is turned by Margie, a come-on girl for Drake, a gambler. She precipitates his dissipation, and Tod is induced to throw the race to avoid a jail sentence. Nevertheless, Tod wins the race, and when he is arrested, Riley, learning of the circumstances, makes good the boy's debts and he is released. View more details

The Thoroughbred

Directed : Richard Thorpe

Written : Jack Natteford

Stars : Judith Barrett Wesley Barry Larry Steers Pauline Garon

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Aug 9, 1930

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Tiffany Productions

Summary Riley and Donovan, racehorse owners and trainers who have been rivals and enemies for years, seek to befriend Tod Taylor, a jockey, and Ham, a retainer. Tod elects to work for Riley, incurring the enmity of rival jockeys. Riley's daughter Colleen sympathizes with Tod and cares for his bruises. Trying to befriend Donovan, Tod wins a match between Riley's colt, Reckless, and Donovan's best horse; and many more victories bolster his confidence. His head is turned by Margie, a come-on girl for Drake, a gambler. She precipitates his dissipation, and Tod is induced to throw the race to avoid a jail sentence. Nevertheless, Tod wins the race, and when he is arrested, Riley, learning of the circumstances, makes good the boy's debts and he is released. View more details

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Aug 9, 1930

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Tiffany Productions

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Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh

Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh

Romantically influenced by novels and movies, Meenakshi Sinha alias Mini lives with her advocate father Jagat Narayan in a palatial house. She studies in college where she meets with a handsome young man named Ketan Kapoor and both fall in love with each other. When her dad finds out, he instructs her not to meet nor see Ketan again, but she ignores his instructions, elopes, marries Ketan, and moves into a hotel room. Jagat refuses to have to do anything with his daughter. After a few months, the young couples' money runs out, Ketan is unable to find work, as he does not even have a diploma, and they move into Zeba's, a friend of Mini's, house where she lives with her husband, Rehmat. Problems mount for this young couple, as Mini becomes pregnant, gives birth to a baby boy. As Ketan is still unable to secure any employment, Mini gets an offer to model, which she accepts, and does not inform her employer that she is married, and has a son. She soon gets to be very busy and has her photographs appear in all leading magazines. Ketan is able to secure employment as a singer, and soon gets very popular, in order not to disappoint his female fans, he openly declares he is not married, leave alone has a son. The child, hurt, confused, and tormented by this neglect starts having psychological problems, runs away, and does what no other child has ever done in India - seek a divorce from his parents - the reason - neglect. When Meenakshi and Ketan come to know this, they are sure that this is a plot to snare their child away by none other than Jagat, who they feel wants them to separate, and have Mini move in back with him.

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