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When Seconds Count (1927)

Directed by Oscar Apfel

Overview

Following a rift with his wealthy father, Billy Mathewson, a young Broadway wastrel, escapes with his friend, Dizzy Durby, to the small town of Salino, where his father’s company is building a dam. However, a crooked foreman is engaged in making himself rich at the expense of his employer and the villagers. However, Billy defeats the villain, and also wins Elinor, the daughter of a prominent local resident.

Length 50 minutes

Actors

Billy Sullivan | Mildred June | Rose Kimman | Jerome La Grasse | Marie Messinger | Jimmy Aubrey | Earl Wayland Bowman | Joseph W. Girard