The First Auto (MOD)

The First Auto (MOD)It roars. It belches smoke. It terrifies livestock and endangers bystanders. It's The First Auto in town, and it sparks a feud between a traditional father devoted to horses and his progressive son, enthralled by the new fangled invention. This lively, humor and intrigue laced Silent Era melodrama offers more than a heartfelt story of generational conflict. Darryl F. Zanuck's screenplay is also a fascinating story of the evolution of the automobile

Tarzan escorts a notorious killer

The story is set during two gatherings

Ronald Colman is up to his turban in mischief in this often-filmed bauble of storytelling that would later give rise to a famed stage and movie musical

With the power-hungry Duc de Lavalle (Robert Douglas) threatening to usurp the throne

demanding that Michael make an honest woman of his underage daughter or face prison

costarring Bruce Dern

blackmail certain members of Parliament who have a history of partaking in unorthodox sex practices

rank and serial number

Maggie startles everyone when she announces her plans to run for Congress

Ann Miller gams and glams It (from The Desert Song)

who tempers his flyboy recklessness when the men of the squadron are entrusted to his leadership

body-slammin' blast