16 January 1927
This film gives a short history of wheeled transportation in the US, from bicycles and wagons to automobiles, and how a better system of roads and highways will make transportation easier and more profitable.
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United States 16 January 1927
United States Department of Agriculture Educational Film Service
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A promotional film for the Rock Island Lines Written and directed by John A. McGee. This film is public domain in the United States.
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1927:
15 January 1927
Lane plays two roles: Grand Duke Algy Horseradish De Ketchup of Worcestershire and Newsboy White. The newsboy is hired by Elmer Éclair (played by Lane's younger brother, Walter Lupino) to impersonate the Duke for unstated reasons, and to attend a house party at the Smalls (a last name that leads to several puns) in the Duke's stead.
02 January 1927
ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life.
20 February 1927
A well-dressed hobo gets a job as "utility man" with a theater company, and winds up starring in the show.
16 December 1927
Poor Pete the Pup. He wants to hang himself because his master, Joe, has given up playing with him and going fishing for the love of a girl.
03 March 1927
The film starts with Lantz in person slapping some paint on the bottom of a canvas, turning it over and the paint drips down to create a forest that his dog pal can live in.
17 November 1927
The gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a respectable university professor.
12 November 1927
Billy Dooley buys a book on jiu-jitsu to court a fashion model.
12 November 1927
A pair of gold prospectors (Max Davidson, Oliver Hardy) try to make their way in the big city. *Only reconstructed fragments exists.
27 August 1927
Douglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol. Alas, the Girl has been sold into the harem of The Wazir (Albert Prisco), forcing the Thief to sneak into the palace to rescue her.
13 July 1927
At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Maryland Calvert is loved by Maj. Alan Kendrick, son of a Virginia general, and Capt.
29 November 1927
Fifi, a dusky, sultry Senegalese spy, uses her wiles to get information out of two American army soldiers, Ham and Eggs, in France during World War I.
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