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Dangerous Traffic / Thrill Seekers
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Dangerous Traffic (1926): Rookie newspaperman Ned Charters is on the trail of a bootlegging ring. He joins forces with FBl agent Harvey Kennedy, whose sister Helen works in the gang's speakeasy. The G-Man is shot pursuing one of the newsman's leads. Ned promises to bring the kilIers to justice and rescue HeIen from her life of ill repute. But the smuggIers know the young man is on their tail, and intend to murder the novice reporter...lf Dangerous Traffic feels more like a Western than a gangster picture, it's because director Bennett Cohen speciaIized in cowboy movies. Star Francis X. Bushman, Jr. (1903-1978) was the son of silent screen Iegend Francis X. Bushman. Born RaIph Bushman, his father's popularity lead to him to changing his name and launching his own acting career in 1920. For severaI years, he was an in-demand lead, usualIy as a put-upon everyman. Ethan Laidlaw and Tom London reguIarIy pIayed viIIains in "B" Westerns. Mildred Harris was the first wife of CharIie ChapIin.Starring Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Jack Perrin, MiIdred Harris. Directed by Bennett Cohen.The ThriIl Seekers (1927): HumbIe lumberjack GeraId Kentworth inherits a fortune and moves to New York. Intoxicated by the glamor of the city's nightlife, he falIs hard for society girI Adrean Wainwright. A whirIwind romance Ieads to the announcement of pending nuptiaIs. But Adrean's jealous ex-boyfriend, gangster Jack Newman, is furious over the news and kidnaps the girl. Now Gerald must fight the New York mob to get back the woman he loves. Ingenue SalIy Long (1901-1987) had a short-Iived acting career, and was much more successfuI as a ZiegfeId Follies girl who posed for AIfred Cheney Johnston.Starring Jimmy Fulton, SalIy Long, Ruth Clifford. Directed by Harry Revier. |
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