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Conductor 1492
Director: Charles Hines (Dir)
Release Date:   12 Jan 1924
Duration (in feet):   6,500
Duration (in reels):   7
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Cast:   Johnny Hines (Terry O'Toole, "Conductor 1492")  
    Doris May (Noretta Connelly)  
    Dan Mason (Mike O'Toole)  
    Ruth Renick (Edna Brown)  
    Robert Cain (Richard Langford)  
    Fred Esmelton (Denman Connelly)  
    Byron Sage (Bobby Connelly)  
    Michael Dark (James Stoddard)  
    Dorothy Burns (Mrs. Brown)  

Summary: Terry O'Toole, a young Irishman, arrives in America and gets a job as a streetcar conductor. He rescues the son of company president Denman Connelly; foils the attempts of crooks to gain control of the company; and marries Connelly's daughter, Noretta. 

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.  
Distribution Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.  
Director: Charles Hines (Dir)
  Frank Griffin (Dir)
Writer: Johnny Hines (Story)
Photography: Charles E. Gilson (Dir of photog)
Film Editor: Clarence Kolster (Film ed)
Country: United States
Language: English

Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. 25/12/1923 dd/mm/yyyy LP20761

Physical Properties: b&w:
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Genre: Comedy-drama
 
Subjects (Major): Immigrants
  Irish Americans
  Streetcar conductors
  Streetcars

Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page
Film Daily   23 Mar 1924.   
MPW   23 Feb 1924.   
Variety   19 Mar 1924   p. 27.

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