''The Crackerjack'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by Charles Hines and starring

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, and Henry West. A travelling pickle salesman gets mixed up in a

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revolution.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Tommy Perkins meets and falls in love with Rose Bannon, daughter of General Bannon. The general is in New York City with the revolutionist Alonzo López, who plans to overthrow the government of Esquasado. Perkins is called to the South by his uncle who wishes him to take over a pickle factory that is on its last legs. He applies crackerjack methods to build up the business, and runs into Rose while going about his work. When he learns of a plot to overthrow the South American government, he aids in frustrating those plans. The pickle business blooms and he marries Rose.

Cast

as Tommy Perkins *

as Rose Bannon * Henry West as Gen. Bannon *

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as Alonzo López *

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as Col. Perkins

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White.
The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1
'. University of California Press, 1997. .

External links

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