Slow as Lightning (1924)

1924 · Silent film · 57 min · dir. Grover Jones

• Action
• Drama

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Synopsis

Our hero Jimmie March works for stockbroker E.J. Philips and daydreams of romance with Eleanor, the boss's lovely daughter. Unfortunately, Eleanor is dating Mortimer Fenton, a wealthy cad who used to push Jimmie around in college. To add insult to injury, Jimmie gets fired. All seems lost until a gypsy fortune teller foretells that he'll make a bundle playing hunches in the stock market. So, he convinces his buddies to lend him some money and invests in stocks that then start to skyrocket.…

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Details

Director

Grover Jones

Writer

Suzanne Avery

Cinematography

Bert Longenecker

Studio

Sunset Productions

Released

1923-12-19

Running time

57 minutes

Cast & crew

• Grover Jones Director
• Kenneth MacDonald
• BBilly 'Red' Jones
• EEdna Pennington
• Gordon Sackville
• William Berke
• WWilliam Malan
• Max Asher
• OOtto Metzetti

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