''The Racing Fool'' is a 1927 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

Reed Howes Hermon Reed Howes (July 5, 1900August 6, 1964) was an American model who later became an actor in silent and sound films. Early life Howes spent the beginning of his childhood in Washington, D.C. before moving with his parents to Ogden, Utah, Og ...

, Ruth Dwyer and

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.Munden p.672

Cast

as Jack Harlowe * Ruth Dwyer as Helen Drake *

as Colwyn Kane *

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as Henry Briggs * James Bradbury Sr. as Tom Harlowe * Miles McCarthy as Cornelius Drake

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

* 1927 films 1920s action films American silent feature films American auto racing films Silent American action films American black-and-white films Films directed by Harry Joe Brown Rayart Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language action films {{Action-film-stub