A Century before Lunch

July. 12,1926      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A masterful innings by Australian batsman Macartney in the third test at Headingley.

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Reviews

TinsHeadline
1926/07/12

Touches You

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Noutions
1926/07/13

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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Lidia Draper
1926/07/14

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Dana
1926/07/15

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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