Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Time Flies - 1926


Country: United States
Director: Jess Robbins
Stars: Lupino Lane, Wallace Lupino and Virginia Vance
Release Date: 7 February 1926 (USA)
Production Co: Lupino Lane Comedy Corporation
Sound Mix: Silent
Color: Black and White
Genres: Short | Comedy
The short starts with a duel in the Old South wherein a man inadvertently saves one of the duelist's lives for which he is given a watch. Years pass and we next see the grandson, impoverished and heading to the big city for work (taking the watch with him). His ma gives him a pigeon in case he wants to send a message back home. The watch is the key to getting a fortune and a vamp and her cohort want it.
Trivia
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

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