From the flimsy wing of a World War Jenny biplane, Will Rogers is supposed to lasso Mary Pickford on the top of a small town water tower to rescue her from kidnappers who are about to throw her off. It happens in Oklahoma in 1922. This is the try-out for a si-lent movie stunt that meets rampant disaster. On hand also are Mary's husband Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, one-eyed Wiley Post, daredevil aviator. Everything goes hay-wire. Dangerous . . . and sometimes a nail-biter! Find out later about the five-dollar lawyer, and ...
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From the flimsy wing of a World War Jenny biplane, Will Rogers is supposed to lasso Mary Pickford on the top of a small town water tower to rescue her from kidnappers who are about to throw her off. It happens in Oklahoma in 1922. This is the try-out for a si-lent movie stunt that meets rampant disaster. On hand also are Mary's husband Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, one-eyed Wiley Post, daredevil aviator. Everything goes hay-wire. Dangerous . . . and sometimes a nail-biter! Find out later about the five-dollar lawyer, and his dust devil Cupid. Stage center are a pretty Indian redhead and her 40 acres of baby sweet potatoes. A fresh, comedic celeb-rity tale.
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