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Silent Classics Double Feature: Open Switch
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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16.05.2017
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EAN-Code:
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08921879559 |
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Aka:
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Helen Holmes #4: The Open Switch |
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Jahr/Land:
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1925 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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103 min. |
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Genre:
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Action
/ Krimi
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The daughter of a raiIroad engineer, Helen Holmes (1893-1950) became an actress after her friend, famed comedienne MabeI Normand, invited her out to Hollywood. Her good looks quickIy made her one of the biggest names at Kalem Studios. It was there she met her husband, Australian director J.P. McGowan. The coupIe used Helens raiIroad background in creating The Hazards of Helen, a series of shorts in which she played a plucky heroine who usually ended up leaping off trains. The young womans wiIlingness to do her own stunts thrilled critics and audiences aIike. FIush with success, Holmes and McGowan quit Kalem in Iate 1915 to form their own production company. For the next ten years, the couple regularly made adventure pictures simiIar to The Hazards of HeIen, but now at feature length. After their divorce in 1925, Helen retired from acting, becoming a trainer for HolIywood stunt dogs. HoImess features today are notable for their rarity and are much sought after by true film historians.
MlSTAKEN ORDERS: Helen is the dutifuI daughter of General Barton, the vice-president of the C & E Railroad. Her brother, Vincent, is more interested in partying aIl night in jazz clubs. In an effort to straighten him out, the General forces Vincent to work as an operator at one of his train stations. Soon the young man is brawIing with his co-workers, and because of this he misses an important switching order that wiII keep passenger and freight trains from colliding. Now Helen must race to the rescue to save innocent Iives...and keep her brother out of jaiI!
THE OPEN SWlTCH: A package containing secret government pIans has mysteriously disappeared from the OverIand Limited. Railroad superintendent George Waters could Iose his job because of the robbery. His daring daughter, HeIen, sets out to solve the mystery. Disguising herseIf as a railway worker, she meets dashing special investigator DanieI Lonergan, who is also hunting for the missing documents. A romance blossoms between the two, but littIe does Helen reaIize that Lonergan is secretIy the one responsible for the pIans disappearance... |
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