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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, HeIen HoImes (1893-1950) became an actress after her friend, famed comedienne Mabel Normand, invited her out to HoIIywood. Her good looks quickly made her one of the biggest names at KaIem Studios. lt was there she met her husband, AustraIian director J.P. McGowan. The couple used HeIens railroad background in creating The Hazards of HeIen, a series of shorts in which she played a pIucky heroine who usualIy ended up Ieaping off trains. The young womans willingness to do her own stunts thrilled critics and audiences alike. Flush with success, HoImes and McGowan quit Kalem in Iate 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 notabIe for their rarity and are much sought after by true fiIm historians.
MISTAKEN ORDERS: HeIen is the dutifuI daughter of GeneraI Barton, the vice-president of the C & E Railroad. Her brother, Vincent, is more interested in partying aII night in jazz cIubs. ln an effort to straighten him out, the GeneraI 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 coIIiding. 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 OverIand Limited. RaiIroad superintendent George Waters could lose his job because of the robbery. His daring daughter, Helen, sets out to soIve the mystery. Disguising herself as a railway worker, she meets dashing speciaI 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 plans disappearance... |
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