SILKS AND SADDLES (1936) Bruce Bennett, Toby Wing & Fuzzy Knight | Action, Comedy, Romance | B&W

Silks and Saddles is a 1936 American film starring Herman Brix. It was one of a number of films he made for producer Sam Katzman.

SYNOPSIS
College student Jimmy Shaw (Bruce Bennett) inherits a racehorse, Lightning Lad, and sells stock to fellow students to obtain funds for racing the horse. Lightning Lad wins every race in which he's entered. Marion Braddock (Toby Wing), a spoiled rich girl who owns a racing stable, offers to buy Lightning Lad, but Jimmy refuses to sell. The day of the big handicap-race arrives and Jimmy and his fellow stockholders are on their way to the track. But a group of gamblers, betting on Lightning Lad to lose, have some skulduggery plans to ensure that Lightning Lad does not win the race.

CAST & CREW
Bruce Bennett as Jimmy Shaw
Toby Wing as Marion Braddock
Fuzzy Knight as Bottsie Botsworth
Trixie Friganza as Aunt Agatha Braddock
Frank Melton as Les Winters
Robert McClung as T. Midge Connolly
Bess Flowers as Les Winters' Date
Roy Thompson as Trainer
Roger Williams as Henchman
William Buchanan as Gambler

Directed by Robert F. Hill
Written by William Buchanan
Produced by Sam Katzman
Cinematography William Hyer
Editing by Charles Henkel Jr.
Production company Victory Pictures
Release date 1936
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
It was partly shot at the Pomona Racetrack.