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Fast Company (1929 film)

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Director
  
A. Edward Sutherland

Cast
  
Jack Oakie, Evelyn Brent

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Distributor
  
Paramount Pictures

Language
  
English

Writer
  
Walton Butterfield
,
Patrick Kearney

Release date
  
September 14, 1929 (1929-09-14)

Related A. Edward Sutherland movies
  
Sky Devils (1932), The Boys from Syracuse (1940), The Saturday Night Kid (1929), The Flying Deuces (1939), Behind the Front (1926)

Fast Company is a 1929 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Jack Oakie and Evelyn Brent.

Contents

Our gang silents no 16 fast company


Plot

Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.

Wade cons the ballplayer into thinking the actress is falling for him, which inspires a home run from Elmer to win the big game.

Cast

  • Evelyn Brent as Evelyn Corey
  • Jack Oakie as Elmer Kane
  • Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Bert Wade
  • Sam Hardy as Dave Walker
  • Arthur Housman as Barney Barlow
  • Gwen Lee as Rosie La Clerq
  • Chester Conklin as C. of C. President
  • E. H. Calvert as Platt
  • Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. Kane
  • Bert Rome as Hank Gordon

    • Preservation status

    According to the Internet Movie Database, the UCLA Film and Television Archive has reels 1, 2, and 3 of this film, with reel 4 having disintegrated in 1990.

    References

    Fast Company (1929 film) Wikipedia
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    Fast Company (1929 film) IMDb


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