''Transcontinental Limited'' is a 1926 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, and Alec B. Francis.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Johnnie Lane, back from the

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, finds Joe Slavin pestering his sweetheart Mary Reynolds in an effort to get her to marry him. Slavin, a fireman for Mary's father Jerry Reynolds on the Transcontinental Limited train, knows that the engineer's eyesight has become poor and consequently has a hold on him. The family needs money for an operation for Mary's mother. Slim and Pudge, two of Johnnie's buddies, get the needed sum from Slavin, who has stolen it from the train station safe, and later the money is returned. Johnnie thrashes Slavin, saves the Limited from being wrecked, and finally wins the affection of Mary.

Cast

as Johnnie Lane *

as Mary Reynolds * Alec B. Francis as Jerry Reynolds * Edith Murgatroyd as Sara Reynolds * Bruce Gordon as Joe Slavin * Edward Gillace as Slim *

George Ovey George Overton O’Dell, known as George Ovey professionally (December 13, 1870 – September 23, 1951), was an American film actor and comedian. Ovey was born December 13, 1870, in Trenton, Missouri. He appeared in more than 200 films betwe ...

as Pudge *

Eric Mayne Eric Mayne (April 28, 1865 – February 10, 1947) was an Irish born American actor. Mayne was born in Dublin and was a star on stage in London in the early 20th century, at the London Lyceum and at Drury Lane. In 1908 and 1910 he played Prince H ...

as Dr. Voija Pourtalis * James Hamel as Bob Harrison

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

* 1926 films 1926 drama films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by Nat Ross American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub