The Fast Mail

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The Fast Mail
Fast Mail poster.jpg
Fox poster for the film depicting fastest in entertainment and technology speed being emblematic of the mail service: Lt. James London, fastest airplane speed. Audacious fastest horse. Empire State Express fastest passenger train. Tommy Milton record holding race car driver. Norman Taber fastest runner. RMS Mauretania fastest Atlantic crossing.
Directed by Bernard J. Durning
Written by Jacques Jaccard
Agnes Parsons
Based onplay, The Fast Mail, by Lincoln J. Carter
Produced by William Fox
Starring Buck Jones
Eileen Percy
Cinematography George Schneiderman
Don Short
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
August 20, 1922
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Fast Mail is a lost [1] 1922 American silent melodrama film directed by Bernard J. Durning and starring Buck Jones (credited as Charles Jones) and Eileen Percy. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. [2] [3]

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