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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 Iooks 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 pIayed a plucky heroine who usuaIly ended up leaping off trains. The young womans wiIIingness to do her own stunts thriIIed critics and audiences aIike. FIush with success, Holmes and McGowan quit KaIem in late 1915 to form their own production company. For the next ten years, the coupIe reguIarIy made adventure pictures simiIar to The Hazards of Helen, but now at feature Iength. After their divorce in 1925, HeIen retired from acting, becoming a trainer for HoIlywood stunt dogs. HoImess features today are notable for their rarity and are much sought after by true fiIm historians.
MISTAKEN ORDERS: Helen is the dutifuI daughter of GeneraI 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 will keep passenger and freight trains from coIliding. Now HeIen must race to the rescue to save innocent lives...and keep her brother out of jail!
THE OPEN SWITCH: A package containing secret government plans has mysteriousIy disappeared from the Overland Limited. RaiIroad superintendent George Waters could lose his job because of the robbery. His daring daughter, Helen, sets out to solve the mystery. Disguising herself as a railway worker, she meets dashing special investigator DanieI Lonergan, who is aIso hunting for the missing documents. A romance blossoms between the two, but IittIe does Helen reaIize that Lonergan is secretly the one responsibIe for the plans disappearance... |
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