Jim Kenney, the fleet middleweight boxing champion, is enamored of Betty Grant, the village librarian, and promises to write to her from every port. He falls in love with Claire Ewing, a rich heiress who lives in the city and knows Betty.
If you have a spare hour and you really like old silent films where people look very intense while doing basic things, you might like this. It’s not a masterpiece. But it’s got that weird charm that only 1920s movies have. Jim Kenney is the main guy. He's a sailor and a boxing champion, which is a pretty cool combo f...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Walter Lang
Hal Roach
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"If you have a spare hour and you really like old silent films where people look very intense while doing basic things, you might like this. It’s not a masterpiece. But it’s got that weird charm that only 1920s movies have. Jim Kenney is the main guy. He's a sailor and a boxing champion, which is a pretty cool combo for a movie lead back then. He meets Betty, who is a village librarian. That sounds like the most peaceful job in the world, doesn't it? Jim promises to write to her from every po..."
Douglas Gilmore
Eve Unsell, Frederic Hatton, Elmer Harris, Fanny Hatton
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