The First Auto

Preceded by: Burns and Allen in "Lambchops." (1929, 9 mins, B&W, 35mm). Joe E. Brown in "Twinkle Twinkle." (1927, 10 mins, B&W, 35mm). Bert Lahr in "Faint Heart." (1929, 15 mins, B&W, 35mm). Darryl F. Zanuck's story, "A Romance of the Last Horse and First Horseless Carriage," concerns a generational feud between an old-fashioned father (Russell Simpson) and his automobile-crazy son. (The latter is played by Charles Emmett Mack, who died in a car crash in March of 1927, on his way to the studio to work on the picture.) The film is filled with details about the first automobiles, and veteran car racer Barney Oldfield appears, essentially playing himself. Also with a cigar-smoking William Demarest, and Patsy Ruth Miller as Mack's human love interest.

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