Strong Boy (1929)
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"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the frustration of his girlfriend Mary, he is not ambitious enough to take a white-collar position. But when he thwarts an attempted train robbery and saves the Queen of Lisonia's jewels, he is viewed as a hero and Mary finally agrees to marry him.
Casting
- Victor McLaglen — Strong Boy
- Leatrice Joy — Mary McGregor
- J. Farrell MacDonald — Angus McGregor
- Clyde Cook — Pete
- Buddy Roosevelt — Wilbur Watkins
- Douglas Scott — Wobby
- Slim Summerville — Slim
- Tom Wilson — Baggage Master
- Eulalie Jensen — Queen of Lisonia
- David Torrence — Railroad President
- Dolores Johnson — Prima Donna
- Robert Ryan — Baggage Man
Interesting facts
Strong Boy is a 1929 American Synchronized sound comedy film directed by John Ford. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Movietone process. The film, which was Ford's last silent film, is now considered to be lost. A trailer for the film was discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive in 2010 and subsequently preserved by the Academy Film Archive the same year.
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