# Second Fiddle (Reel 4)

"Jim, a boy who has always played second fiddle to his elder brother, Herbert, gets a chance to be a hero when, to protect his mother and sweetheart, Polly, he holds a murderer at bay with an unloaded shotgun. (Herbert took the shells when he went for help.) Eventually Jim faints, and Cragg, the killer, overpowers him. Simultaneously, Herbert returns with help; he takes all the credit and makes Jim look like a coward. Later, Jim proves his courage when he saves Polly and overpowers Cragg, now an escaped convict. Herbert bows to Jim and returns to college." (https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11942-SECOND-FIDDLE. accessed 2024-01-03) Reel four. The film was broken into reels approximately 15 minutes in length for the rental market.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1923
- By: Tuttle Waller
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/200470_Second_Fiddle_R4)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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