"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.
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| Victor McLaglen | ... |
Strong Boy
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| Leatrice Joy | ... |
Mary McGregor
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| J. Farrell MacDonald | ... |
Angus McGregor
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| Clyde Cook | ... |
Pete
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| Buddy Roosevelt | ... |
Wilbur Watkins
(as Kent Sanderson)
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| Douglas Scott | ... |
Wobby
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| Slim Summerville | ... |
Slim
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| Tom Wilson | ... |
Baggage Master
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| Eulalie Jensen | ... |
Queen of Lisonia
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| David Torrence | ... |
Railroad President
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Dolores Johnson | ... |
Prima Donna
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Robert Ryan | ... |
Baggage Man
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| Jack Pennick | ... |
Baggage Man
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Directed by
| John Ford | ||
Written by
| Andrew Bennison | ... | (writer) |
| Malcolm Stuart Boylan | ... | (titles) |
| Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | ... | (story) |
| James Kevin McGuinness | ... | (writer) |
| John McLain | ... | (writer) |
Cinematography by
| Joseph H. August | ||
Additional Crew
| William Fox | ... | presenter |
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Distributors
- Fox Film Corporation (1929) (United States) (theatrical)
- National Film Preservation Foundation (2014) (United States) (DVD) (on 'Lost & Found: American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive')
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Storyline
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Strong Boy, the baggage handler in a railroad station, saves the child of a railroad vice president from being crushed by a trunk and is promoted to the head of the lost-and-found department. Mary McGregor, his sweetheart, becomes disgusted and walks out on him. Strong Boy later returns a pearl necklace to a movie star and is again promoted, this time to the position of fireman on the locomotive of which Mary's father is the engineer. Strong Boy prevents a holdup and is forgiven by Mary, whom he marries. Written by Pamela Short |
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| Taglines | LOVE makes a Baggage-smasher move heaven and earth! See more » |
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| Parents Guide | Add content advisory for parents » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Although the film itself is currently believed to be lost, an original trailer for it was discovered in 2010, stored in the New Zealand film archive. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011). See more » |