Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

NR 1931 · 18 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy

A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle · Written by Jack Townley

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