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It's A Gift (1923 Film)
''It's a Gift'' (1923) is a short silent movie comedy film featuring Snub Pollard and directed by Hugh Fay. Plot A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact an eccentric inventor (Pollard), who has devised a new gasoline substitute. The inventor himself lives in a home filled with his strange inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation, and jumps into his "magnet car". In popular culture The most famous sequence in the film shows Pollard using a large magnet to put his car into motion. The sequence in which Pollard appears from around the corner and observes the multi-car collision was used on ''Sesame Street'' in an educational film about traffic lights, which premiered in the first episode of the show's second season in the fall of 1970. Cast * Snub Pollard ... Inventor Pollard * Marie Mosquini ... The Girl * William Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Fay
Hugh Fay (June 9, 1882 – December 4, 1925) was an American comedic actor and director. He appeared in vaudeville and silent films. He was the son of Irish vaudevillian Henry "Hugh" Fay and comedic actress Elfie Fay was his sister. Filmography Actor *'' Crooked to the End'' (1915) *''A Hash House Fraud'' (1915) *'' Mabel Lost and Won'' (1915) as the vamp's friend *'' An Oily Scoundrel'' (1916) *'' Her Donkey Love'' (1917) *'' A Matrimonial Accident'' (1917) *'' Stars and Bars'' (1917) *''Son of a Gun'' (1918) *'' Are Married Policemen Safe?'' (1918) *'' A Neighbor's Keyhole'' (1918) *'' The Failed Marriage'' (1918) *'' A Lady Bellhop's Secret'' (1919) *'' Better Times'' (1919) as Jack Ransom *'' Almost Married)'' (1919) as Manny Morrison *'' A Favor to a Friend'' (1919) as Danny Abbott * ''Please Get Married'' (1919) as Soapy Higgins *'' Hired and Fired'' (1920) *''A Kick in the High Life'' (1920) *''Little Annie Rooney'' (1925) as Spider *'' Spuds'' (1927) as Spy Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |