Second Fiddle (Reel 5) (1923, silent)

Description:

Description: Section of a feature film.

"Jim, a boy who has always played second fiddle to his elder brother, Herbert, gets a chance to be a hero when, to protect his mother and sweetheart, Polly, he holds a murderer at bay with an unloaded shotgun. (Herbert took the shells when he went for help.) Eventually Jim faints, and Cragg, the killer, overpowers him. Simultaneously, Herbert returns with help; he takes all the credit and makes Jim look like a coward. Later, Jim proves his courage when he saves Polly and overpowers Cragg, now an escaped convict. Herbert bows to Jim and returns to college." (catalog.afi.com/Film/11942-SECOND-FIDDLE. accessed 2023-11-01)

Part 5. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market.

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1920s

Tags: burglaries; robberies; justice; romance; intertitles; melodramas; The End title; man holding up stairs

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Film Guild

Credits: Director: Frank Tuttle
Writers: Frank Tuttle, James Ashmore Creelman
Photography: Fred Waller Jr.

Glenn Hunter: Jim Bradley
Mary Astor: Polly Crawford
Townsend Martin: Herbert Bradley
William Nally: Cragg
Leslie Stowe: George Bradley
Mary Foy: Mrs. Bradley
Helenka Adamowska: Cragg's daughter
Otto Lang: Dr. Crawford
Osgood Perkins

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1923

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: fiction, silent

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 366

Complete Record: Description: Section of a feature film. "Jim, a boy who has always played second fiddle to his elder brother, Herbert, gets a chance to be a hero when, to protect his mother and sweetheart, Polly, he holds a murderer at bay with an unloaded shotgun. (Herbert took the shells when he went for help.) Eventually Jim faints, and Cragg, the killer, overpowers him. Simultaneously, Herbert returns with help; he takes all the credit and makes Jim look like a coward. Later, Jim proves his courage when he saves Polly and overpowers Cragg, now an escaped convict. Herbert bows to Jim and returns to college." (catalog.afi.com/Film/11942-SECOND-FIDDLE. accessed 2023-11-01) Part 5. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1920s Tags: burglaries; robberies; justice; romance; intertitles; melodramas; The End title; man holding up stairs Film Sponsor: Creator: Film Guild Credits: Director: Frank Tuttle Writers: Frank Tuttle, James Ashmore Creelman Photography: Fred Waller Jr. Glenn Hunter: Jim Bradley Mary Astor: Polly Crawford Townsend Martin: Herbert Bradley William Nally: Cragg Leslie Stowe: George Bradley Mary Foy: Mrs. Bradley Helenka Adamowska: Cragg's daughter Otto Lang: Dr. Crawford Osgood Perkins Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Mogull Bros. Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1923 Geographical Location: USA Genre/Form: fiction, silent Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 366