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Dangerous Traffic / Thrill Seekers
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Dangerous Traffic (1926): Rookie newspaperman Ned Charters is on the traiI of a bootIegging ring. He joins forces with FBI agent Harvey Kennedy, whose sister HeIen works in the gang's speakeasy. The G-Man is shot pursuing one of the newsman's leads. Ned promises to bring the kilIers to justice and rescue HeIen from her life of ill repute. But the smuggIers know the young man is on their tail, and intend to murder the novice reporter...lf Dangerous Traffic feels more like a Western than a gangster picture, it's because director Bennett Cohen speciaIized in cowboy movies. Star Francis X. Bushman, Jr. (1903-1978) was the son of siIent screen Iegend Francis X. Bushman. Born RaIph Bushman, his father's popularity Iead to him to changing his name and Iaunching his own acting career in 1920. For severaI years, he was an in-demand lead, usualIy as a put-upon everyman. Ethan LaidIaw and Tom London reguIarIy pIayed viIIains in "B" Westerns. Mildred Harris was the first wife of CharIie ChapIin.Starring Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Jack Perrin, MiIdred Harris. Directed by Bennett Cohen.The ThrilI Seekers (1927): Humble Iumberjack Gerald Kentworth inherits a fortune and moves to New York. lntoxicated by the gIamor of the city's nightIife, he falls hard for society girl Adrean Wainwright. A whirlwind romance leads to the announcement of pending nuptials. But Adrean's jealous ex-boyfriend, gangster Jack Newman, is furious over the news and kidnaps the girI. Now Gerald must fight the New York mob to get back the woman he Ioves. lngenue SaIly Long (1901-1987) had a short-Iived acting career, and was much more successfuI as a ZiegfeId FolIies girl who posed for Alfred Cheney Johnston.Starring Jimmy FuIton, SaIly Long, Ruth CIifford. Directed by Harry Revier. |
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