The Manager of the B & A (1916)
50m
Running Time
September 25, 1916Release Date
The Manager of the B & A (1916)
50m
Running Time
September 25, 1916Release Date
Plot.
Dan Oakley becomes a railroad manager and his attempt to slash expenses by layoffs and lengthening hours incurs the workers' wrath. With the help of Griffith Ryder, labor leader and newspaper editor, they call a strike. The water main which supplies the railroad yards is cut, and a hot engine starts a fire. With water unavailable, the fire spreads to town, but through his superhuman efforts, Oakley gets it under control. His heroic moves win favor with the workers, and the strike is history.
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Cast & Crew.
Helen Holmes
Constance Emory
Leo D. Maloney
Dan Oakley (as Leo Maloney)
Paul Hurst
Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
Thomas G. Lingham
Griffith Ryder
N.Z. Wood
Gen. Corning (as N.V. Wood)
William N. Chapman
Thomas Emory
William Brunton
Gordon Holt
Vaughn Kester
Novel
J.P. McGowan
Director
Harold Warner Lloyd
Assistant Director
Details.
This Movie Is About.
partially lost film