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Conductor 1492
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Wikipedia article
'Conductor 1492' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1408 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Conductor 1492'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/ConductorFourteenNinet1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Conductor 1492'] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a review of the film in a film magazine, Terence OToole (Hines) leaves his old home in Ireland to seek his fortune in America. He becomes "Conductor 1492" on a trolley car belonging to a system which both the president and vice-president are struggling to gain control. The final outcome of this fight depends on two shares of stock which are missing and which if not found will bring disgrace to President Connelly. The villain produces two forged shares but Johnnys father saves the day by producing the real shares, which he bought a number of years before. In the meantime Terence has fallen in love with Connellys daughter and he gets her as his reward.
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Box office
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $300,000 domestic and $34,000 foreign.
Preservation
'Conductor 1492' film has been preserved at several archives, including the Library of Congress, George Eastman House, and the UCLA Film and Television Archive.American Film Institute 'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2671/default.html "Conductor 1492"]
'Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog' This version has been broadcast on television and cable. A mute print was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions/United Artists in the 1950s, and preserved at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.[https://archive.org/details/mediahistory&tab=collection?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Motion%20pictures%20--%20Catalogues%22 1957 Movies from AAP Warner Bros. Fetures & Cartoons Sales Book Directed at TV]
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