The Crackerjack

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The Crackerjack
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Directed by Charles Hines
Written by
Produced by C.C. Burr
Starring
Cinematography
Production
company
C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed byEast Coast Productions
Release date
  • May 8, 1925 (1925-05-08)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages

The Crackerjack is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Sigrid Holmquist, and Henry West. [1]

Contents

A travelling pickle salesman gets mixed up in a Latin American revolution.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] Tommy Perkins meets and falls in love with Rose Bannon, daughter of General Bannon. The general is in New York City with the revolutionist Alonzo López, who plans to overthrow the government of Esquasado. Perkins is called to the South by his uncle who wishes him to take over a pickle factory that is on its last legs. He applies crackerjack methods to build up the business, and runs into Rose while going about his work. When he learns of a plot to overthrow the South American government, he aids in frustrating those plans. The pickle business blooms and he marries Rose.

Cast

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References

  1. Munden p. 152
  2. "New Pictures: The Crackerjack", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (11): 64, June 6, 1925, retrieved March 29, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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