Hold Your Horses

Hold Your Horses

1921 · 50 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy

Immigrant from Ireland, Dan Canavan goes from street cleaner to husband of society belle Beatrice Newness. As a street cleaner he is trampled by horses drawing the Newness Victoria. The accident leaves on his chest a scar in the shape of a horseshoe that perpetually brings him good luck. He finds he can control the world with the wave of a red flag. He makes this power the basis of his philosophy of life, and becoming a politician, he rises quickly to the position of czar of the city.

Directed by E. Mason Hopper · Written by Gerald C. Duffy

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Tom Moore Daniel Canavan
Sylvia Ashton Hoonora Canavan
Naomi Childers Beatrice Newness
Bertram Grassby Rodman Cadbury
Mortimer E. Stinson Jim James
Sidney Ainsworth Horace Slayton

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