Re: Stars & their Packards

Posted by Guscha On 2014/12/10 19:46:08

"1925-1926 Packard front view, top raised, Lloyd Hughes standing at driver's door ... Packard 236, second series eight (produced 2/2/1925-8/1/1926), 8-cylinder, 85-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 4-person sport model (body type #246), later type one-piece windshield, special equipment Packard deluxe emblem, side-mounted spares, wind wings. 1926 California license plate #E-31-851."
According to wikipedia, "Lloyd Hughes (October 21, 1897 - June 6, 1958) was an American actor of both the silent and sound film eras."



Want you see him as "Powel" ... while being moved to the penitentiary to await execution...? Okay, take a blanket and some sweet titbits while I put the film into the cinematograph. Enjoy PackardInfo.com!

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sources
pic #1 - Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
pic #2 - wikipedia
video - A Man Betrayed; youtube
pic #3 - films-muets.com
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