Time Flies (1926)

10.0/10 20 min Comedy

Overview

The short starts with a duel in the Old South wherein a man inadvertently saves one of the duelist's lives for which he is given a watch. Years pass and we next see the grandson, impoverished and heading to the big city for work (taking the watch with him). His ma gives him a pigeon in case he wants to send a message back home. The watch is the key to getting a fortune and a vamp and her cohort want it.

Cast

Lupino Lane

The Colonel / His Son / His Grandson

Wallace Lupino

A Duellist

Virginia Vance

Gwen Lee

Otto Fries

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