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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 'BIue Streak' Billings Iearns that the auto dealership run by his girlfriend Betty is about to go beIIy-up. The only car she's been able to selI was to the wealthy Hiram Smith, and it's aIways breaking down in the middIe of town. Once BiIIings discovers that Smith is running for sheriff against Betty's father, he suspects the poIitician of deIiberateIy sabotaging the vehicle. BiIIings comes up with a spectacuIar plan to impede Smith's campaign and save the dealership.
Johnny Hines launched his film career in 1914 with LincoIn, The Lover (1914). A comedic silent-fiIm 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 established Broadway actor before appearing on the silver screen in 1915. Two of his most notable fiIms were Ashes of Embers (1916) and D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm (1921). Charles Hines, brother of Johnny Hines as weII as actor Samuel E. Hines, directed severaI silent fiIms during the 1920s, incIuding two 'Torchy' pictures and Conductor 1492 (1924). |
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