William Birch

Mark Thackeray regresa a Chicago, tras pasar 30 años en Londres dando clases en uno de los colegios británicos de mayor prestigio. En Chicago se enfrenta a un nuevo reto en su larga carrera como profesor de historia, ya que le toca una clase de chicos difíciles y desmotivados, más acostumbrados a la delincuencia que a los libros. (FILMAFFINITY)

Nada más terminar la I Guerra Mundial, el estafador y as del motociclismo Charlie Swattle (DAVID CARRADINE) intenta conseguir el dinero suficiente para participar en la primera carrera transcontinental de San Luis a San Francisco. Para ello organiza falsas rifas con su motocicleta como supuesto premio. Pero Charlie comete una equivocación cuando intenta engañar a Grace Wolf (BRENDA VACCARO) una camarera que se queda con la moto y obliga a Charlie a que la lleve con él. Charlie se muestra reacio, especialmente cuando Grace le presenta a su hijo ¡de seis años! Finalmente este extraño grupo se dirige a San Luis donde tendrán que competir por un premio de 5.000$ contra rudos hombres del motociclismo.

A City of Chicago sponsored film commissioned by Lewis W. Hill for the Department of Urban Renewal. The film attempts to defend the city's redevelopment plan for residential and commercial urban renewal, and explains how relocation officers can assist those who have been recently displaced. As the narrator succinctly states, "we are tearing down what stands in the way of a better city. Some buildings must go simply because the occupy space needed for something else, but for the most part, it's the warn out areas of the city that are making way for the new." Recently displaced home owners are interviewed, expressing their distaste of the urban renewal process. The film explains how the city will help these displaced home owners, by use of a good relocation officer from the Department of Urban Renewal. (Chicago Film Archives)

A City of Chicago sponsored film commissioned by Lewis W. Hill for the Department of Urban Renewal. The film attempts to defend the city's redevelopment plan for residential and commercial urban renewal, and explains how relocation officers can assist those who have been recently displaced. As the narrator succinctly states, "we are tearing down what stands in the way of a better city. Some buildings must go simply because the occupy space needed for something else, but for the most part, it's the warn out areas of the city that are making way for the new." Recently displaced home owners are interviewed, expressing their distaste of the urban renewal process. The film explains how the city will help these displaced home owners, by use of a good relocation officer from the Department of Urban Renewal. (Chicago Film Archives)