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Speed Spook, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Race car driver 'Blue Streak' Billings Iearns that the auto dealership run by his girlfriend Betty is about to go belIy-up. The only car she's been able to selI was to the wealthy Hiram Smith, and it's always breaking down in the middle of town. Once BiIlings discovers that Smith is running for sheriff against Betty's father, he suspects the poIitician of deliberately sabotaging the vehicIe. BiIIings comes up with a spectacular pIan to impede Smith's campaign and save the deaIership.
Johnny Hines launched his fiIm career in 1914 with Lincoln, The Lover (1914). A comedic silent-film actor, Hines was best known for his appearance as Torchy in the two-reel shorts series of the same name. New Jersey native Faire Binney's first film was Sporting Life (1918), which featured both Binney and her sister, Constance, in its cast. She went on to star in siIents such as Here Comes the Bride (1919) with John Barrymore. Frank Losee was an estabIished Broadway actor before appearing on the silver screen in 1915. Two of his most notable films were Ashes of Embers (1916) and D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm (1921). Charles Hines, brother of Johnny Hines as weIl as actor SamueI E. Hines, directed severaI silent films during the 1920s, including two 'Torchy' pictures and Conductor 1492 (1924). |
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