My Old Kentucky Home

My Old Kentucky Home

Sweetheart of a Love Story!

1938 · 72 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Music

Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an accident in her apartment. He is slowly going blind and decides that he shouldn't marry Lisbeth. A surgeon restores his sight and he and Lisbeth reconcile to the strains of "My Old Kentucky Home" sung by the Hall Johnson Choir.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer · Written by John T. Neville

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