A 1919 gambling epic so lost to time it practically counts as found footage.
Edward Campbell, known as Checkers, is a racetrack tout. Determined to reform himself, he foreswears gambling, but must take it up once more in order to save someone he loves from disaster.
Production
Miraculously survived the devastating 1937 Fox vault fire.
Acting
Thomas Carrigan's physical comedy sans dialogue.
Director
Richard Stanton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tammany Young became a staple in W.C. Fields' later films, making this an early glimpse of a comedy institution.
The 1937 Fox vault fire destroyed over 75% of Fox's pre-1932 output; Checkers surviving is genuinely miraculous.
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