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Hook and Ladder (1924) on 7 january 1924
, 1hDirected by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Frank Beal, Philo McCullough
Ace Cooper, a cowboy who has just arrived in the city, inadvertently gets mixed up in a little misunderstanding between several cowboys and a stockyards cashier in regard to their pay. Ace leaves the premises suddenly with a policeman loping along behind them. Ace crashes the fire lines and in the excitement of a residence fire disguises himself with a fireman's helmet and slicker. The cop loses him in the shuffle and Ace is forced into service by a truck captain who, in the smoke, mistakes him for a fireman. Later the cowboy is recognized at the station and an explanation is necessary. The stockyards affair is settled and Ace is offered a job by the department and decides to join when he sees the captain's good looking daughter. He falls in love with the daughter, but meets with tough opposition in the person of Gus Henshaw, a young ward healer and protégé of Big Tim O'Rourke, the city's political boss. Affairs reach a crisis when Henshaw, curbed by O'Rourke, arranges a plan to get even with O'Rourke and settle the affair between the cowboy and Sally Drennan, the fireman's daughter. He lures Sally to the O'Rourke home with a false letter and locks them in a room together and then telephones Ace at the fire station. In a fight with O'Rourke's butler, an ash tray is spilled and a fire is started. The big climax of the story is reached in the burning of the O'Rourke mansion—one of the most spectacular fire scenes ever filmed and the cowboy proves that the training which brought him such sore muscles and the other firemen so many laughs was far from wasted.
The Humming Bird (1924) on 13 january 1924
, 1h20Directed by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Gloria Swanson, Edmund Burns, Cesare Gravina, Helen Lindroth, Mario Majeroni, Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Rating71%
Tire Trouble (1924) on 12 january 1924
, 20minutesDirected by Robert F. McGowan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Mickey Daniels, Allen Hoskins, Ernie Morrison, Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mary Kornman
Rating68%
The gang are running their own taxi service, and come across Ernie and Farina delivering laundry to J. William McAllister, the wealthiest man in town. His doctor and his wife have both convinced him that he's sick, but when the kids visit him, they convince him otherwise. They all drive off in the taxi to Emerald Beach and have the time of their lives.