The Limited Mail

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The Limited Mail
The Limited Mail.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed by George Hill
Screenplay byCharles Logue
Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring Monte Blue
Vera Reynolds
Willard Louis
Tom Gallery
Jack Huff
Eddie Gribbon
CinematographyAllen Q. Thompson
Charles Van Enger
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 5, 1925 (1925-09-05)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Limited Mail is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Hill and written by Charles Logue and Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Monte Blue, Vera Reynolds, Willard Louis, Tom Gallery, Jack Huff, and Eddie Gribbon. The film was released by Warner Bros. on September 5, 1925. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, [4] Bob Wilson becomes a tramp after his fiancée jilts him, but is influenced for good by Jim Fowler, a railway mail clerk. Bob gets employment with the railroad that employs Jim and works his way up to the post of engine driver. Both men fall in love with Caroline Dale, a waitress at the railroad hotel, but the young woman loves only Bob. Bob’s former fiancée accidentally finds him and leaves her husband to be with him. Caroline misunderstands the situation and Bob nearly loses hope of winning her love. Bob is elevated to the engine cab of the Limited Mail train, and on his first run the train is wrecked. Jim, who is in the mail coach, is killed. Bob, fearing imprisonment for negligence, hides out with a tramp friend of his former days. One day he prevents the wrecking of another train and then returns to Caroline. He makes his explanation to the company and to Caroline, and he and the young woman are married.

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Preservation

A copy of The Limited Mail is held by the Library of Congress [5] [6] [7] and a 16mm print is in the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. [8] Several copies of The Limited Mail also preserved in film collections in Netherlands and France.

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References

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  2. Janiss Garza. "Limited Mail (1925) - George W. Hill". AllMovie. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  3. "The Limited Mail". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  4. "New Pictures: The Limited Mail", Exhibitors Herald, Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company, 23 (2): 74–75, October 3, 1925, retrieved October 2, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Films Survival Catalog: The Limited Mail
  6. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  7. Progressive Silent Film List: The Limited Mail at silentera.com
  8. Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, Feature Film Database: The Limited Mail