Lightnin'

Lightnin' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John Ford. A print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive. It was based on a successful play of the same name. The original run of the play started in 1918 at the Gaiety Theatre and continued for 1,291 performances, breaking the record for longest running play at that time. The film was remade in 1930 by Henry King for Fox as an early talkie starring Will Rogers with support from Louise Dresser and Joel McCrea.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Everything below written here.

Poster by Fox Film Corp. (Public domain).