Fractured Flickers announcer extolling the virtues of the item being advertised, accompanied by darkly humorous clips. A fly-by-night real estate development, for example, was illustrated with clips of buildings being destroyed by a cyclone (from "Steamboat Bill, Jr." with Buster Keaton). And "This moment of softness (explosions, wild parties, etc.) has been brought to you by Bee. Bee, the only tissue woven in mid-air by bees!" Regular features were the "Minute Mysteries", featuring Stan Laurel as master detective Sherman Oaks (his scenes "fractured" from his 1925 short comedy, "Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde"), and the weekly "tributes" to some American city. Each
The Overland Limited (1925 film) The Overland Limited (1925 film) The Overland Limited is a 1925 American silent film, directed by Frank O'Neill and produced by Sam Sax with cinematography by Jack MacKenzie. The story was written by James J. Tynan. The film was released July 14, 1925 in New York. The film starred Malcolm McGregor as an idealistic young railroad engineer who designs and builds a new railroad bridge, and Olive Borden as his love interest. The conflicting male lead is played by Ralph Lewis as the railway engineer who ultimately saves a trainload of passengers from the dangerous bridge. The picture concludes with