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The First Auto

Play trailer Poster for The First Auto 1927,  1h 15m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Prosperous Hank Armstrong (Russell Simpson) owns a stable, routinely winning races with prize horse Sloe Eyes. In 1895, his small Michigan town grows excited over the invention of the car, to Hank's disgust. Despite his prediction that the unsafe and expensive vehicles will never replace horses, automobiles still take over. His son, Bob (Charles Emmett Mack), embraces the new technology, causing a rift between them. While Bob prospers in Detroit, Hank is forced to sell his horses and property.

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Robert E. Sherwood LIFE Oct 5, 2021
The First Auto is almost childishly stupid in its plot and its characterizations; it is marred by grotesque anachronisms, and there is in it no semblance either of drama or of humor. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Roy Del Ruth

Director

Barney Oldfield

The Master Driver

Patsy Ruth Miller

Rose Robbins

Russell Simpson

'Hank' Armstrong

Charles Emmett Mack

Bob Armstrong

Frank Campeau

Mayor Sam Robbins

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Movie Info

Synopsis Prosperous Hank Armstrong (Russell Simpson) owns a stable, routinely winning races with prize horse Sloe Eyes. In 1895, his small Michigan town grows excited over the invention of the car, to Hank's disgust. Despite his prediction that the unsafe and expensive vehicles will never replace horses, automobiles still take over. His son, Bob (Charles Emmett Mack), embraces the new technology, causing a rift between them. While Bob prospers in Detroit, Hank is forced to sell his horses and property.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Producer
Darryl F Zanuck
Screenwriter
Anthony Coldeway
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 15, 2009
Runtime
1h 15m
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