The First Auto
Comedy
See this picture---it's funny enough to make a horse laugh.
The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.
1927-06-27
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Cast
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Russell Simpson as Hank Armstrong
Charles Emmett Mack as Bob Armstrong
Barney Oldfield as The Master Driver
Patsy Ruth Miller as Rose Robbins
Frank Campeau as Mayor Jim Robbins
Gibson Gowland as The Blacksmith
Anders Randolf as The Auctioneer
William Demarest as The Village Cut-Up
Paul Kruger as Steve
Douglas Gerrard as Squire Stebbins
Frank Austin as Jor Saunders
E.H. Calvert as Elmer Hays - the Inventor
Gus Leonard as Barber
Charlotte Mineau as Mrs. Stebbins
Lon Poff as D. P. Graves - the Undertaker
Dorothy Vernon as Gossip
Max Wagner as Bartender
Noah Young as Ned Jarvish
Helen Howard as Young Woman