Play Safe (1927)
Directed by Joseph Henaberry
Genres - Comedy |
Release Date - Jan 10, 1927 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 5 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Thanks to constant exposure in excerpt form in scores of silent-movie compilations, Play Safe is the best-known of the Monty Banks comedies. Banks plays a dapper little doofus who tries to rescue heiress Virginia Cragg (Virginia Lee Corbin) from the evil machinations of crooked estate trustee Silas Scott (Charles Mailes). The film comes to a heart-pounding climax as Virginia is kidnapped by Scott's minions and spirited off to a freight train. Banks mans a fruit wagon, gives chase after the villains, and ultimately boards the train, leading to a spectacular slapstick setpiece in which both hero and heroine narrowly escape death at every twist and turn. The justly famous runaway-train finale was later released separately as the two-reeler Chasing Choo-Choos.
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danger, estate, nasty, train [locomotive]