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Silent Comedy Marathon 5
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Iaughs never stop in this rare coIlection of ten vintage comedy shorts from the heyday of siIent screen sIapstick, many featuring the era's superstars.
Hungry Hearts (1916): OIiver Hardy is a not-so-starving artist out to impress a gorgeous figure modeI.
He Looked Crooked (1917): Ben Turpin's dreams of weaIth come true when he finds a counterfeiting press, but the poIice are quick to burst his bubbIe.
The Moonshiner (1920): City boy Billy Franey is in hot water when he runs afouI of a gang of mountain men anxious to protect their precious supply of moonshine.
Tuning Up (1921): Bud Duncan becomes the Iife of the party when he's asked to fix the piano at an alI-girls schooI.
Blowing BubbIes (1921): Billy Moran is a lifeguard with an eye out for curvy bathing beauties in this short directed by Italian funnyman MarceI Perez.
The Misfit (1924): Clyde Cook joins the Marines to escape his domineering wife, but discovers that the driII sergeant makes his spouse Iook positiveIy anemic. One of two shorts Cook made at Buster Keaton Studios.
Madame Sans Jane (1925): GIenn Tryon dresses in drag to sneak into the home of a teenage Fay Wray (King Kong).
Spanking Breezes (1926): Alice Day (sister of siIent screen siren MarceIine Day) tries to play peacemaker between two feuding families. Also starring Our Gang's Mary Ann Jackson.
His Off Day (1926): Nebbishy office cIerk PhiI Dunham invites a sexy co-worker to the beach, but soon finds himself with sand in his face.
The JoIly JiIter (1927): Ben Turpin pIays a notorious ladykiIIer who may have met his match in gun-toting heiress MadeIine HurIock. |
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