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Fast Company (1929)

Fast Company poster
Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sports comedy set in 1929 about a baseball player and his adventures. The story follows a talented but cocky athlete as he navigates fame and romance.

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What happens

Fast Company is a 1929 American Pre-Code sports comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Jack Oakie and Evelyn Brent. It is based upon the 1928 play Elmer the Great by George M. Cohan and Ring Lardner. According to the Internet Movie Database, the UCLA Film & Television Archive has reels 1, 2, and 3 of this film, with reel 4 having disintegrated in 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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