One Run Elmer

Year: 1935

Runtime: 19 mins

Language: English

Director: Charles Lamont

Comedy

Elmer runs a lonely gas station in the California desert when Jim opens a competing station nearby, also courting Elmer’s girlfriend. She manipulates both men, pitting them against each other, and because she loves baseball, each tries to outshine the other in the town’s big baseball game, turning the contest into a personal showdown.

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