Movie

The Racing Fool
1927 · 50 min
A breezy silent-era melodrama of roaring engines and young love, easy to follow and pleasant to watch.
- Directed by
- Harry Joe Brown
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Starring
- Reed Howes, Ruth Dwyer, Ernest Hilliard
- Overview
- Racing driver Jack Harlowe falls in love with Helen Drake, the daughter of his father's rival automobile manufacturer. Having promised his father to drive in the big race, Howes must refuse the girl's request that he drive for her father, but when he learns that another man (who has his eye on the girl) plans to drive for her father and throw the race, Howes receives parental permission to win the race for the rival.
- How it feels
- Romantic, earnest and light. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Love, family, loyalty, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Harry Joe Brown
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Starring
- Reed Howes, Ruth Dwyer, Ernest Hilliard





