Summary
A sprawling pastoral saga where the avarice of the nouveau riche clashes with the fading grandeur of Southern nobility. Rita Hackett, portrayed with luminous sincerity by Enid Bennett, navigates a labyrinth of familial betrayal after discovering her father’s predatory acquisition of the Manners estate. The narrative reaches its zenith when Rita, shedding her socialite veneer, adopts the persona of a jockey to reclaim Randolph Manners' stolen birthright in a thundering display of equestrian prowess and moral restitution. This 1917 silent masterpiece functions as both a gender-bending subversion of the Southern Belle trope and a high-stakes melodrama that interrogates the ethics of property and the volatility of the American class structure.
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Rita Hackett's father has unscrupulously gained possession of an old southern mansion. The owner, Randolph Manners, is evicted and takes up residence in the training quarters on the estate. It is there when Rita meets Randolph and learns of her father's deeds. Rita disguises herself as a jockey and enters a a race, determined to help Randolph reclaim what is his.
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