# The First Auto (1927)

I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. This automotive drama follows a young man who tries to get his father to move on with the times. His father, a horse racer, doesn't believe that automobiles are worth investing in. This was one of the last roles played by Charles Emmett Mack, who unfortunately died in a car accident not long after the release of this picture.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1927
- By: Roy Del Ruth, Anthony Coldeway, Jack Jarmuth, Darryl F. Zanuck
- Genres: Drama, Silent
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-first-auto-1927_202507)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/the-first-auto-1927_202507?play=1)