The First Auto (1927)

Directed by

Roy Del Ruth

Genre

silent film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed blacksmith refuses to accept the newfangled automobile, while his son embraces it. The film shows the clashes between horse-drawn carriages and early cars, and how this changes the family.

nostalgiclivelybittersweetwhimsicalchaoticplayfulsentimentalearnest

What happens

The First Auto is a 1927 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth about the transition from horses to cars and the rift it causes in one family. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects, some spoken words, cheering, and laughter, using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film stars Charles Emmett Mack and Patsy Ruth Miller, with Barney Oldfield having a guest role in the movie. As of January 1, 2023, the film is in the public domain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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