The Timid Terror


1926

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 7, 1926
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
R-C Pictures
Distribution Company
Film Booking Offices of America
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Hi, Taxi" by Walter A. Sinclair (publication undetermined).

Synopsis

Talbot Trent and Howard Cramm, office workers, both love Dorothy Marvin, secretary to the president of the firm; but Trent, a bashful, unassuming type, feels inferior because he does not own a roadster. Like Cramm, Trent aspires to be an out-of-town manager, but when the latter approaches the president, Amos Milliken, he is gruffly told that he is not energetic enough for the job. A friend of Trent's, knowing his desire for a car, gives him a taxicab, but Dorothy is displeased with the use of the taxi as a private car. Trent approaches Milliken again about the promotion and is fired; reckless and defiant, he decides to bully Milliken, and during a wild and furious taxi ride, he convinces him that he has both energy and initiative; as a result, he wins the position and Dorothy.

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 7, 1926
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
R-C Pictures
Distribution Company
Film Booking Offices of America
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Hi, Taxi" by Walter A. Sinclair (publication undetermined).

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