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In Reply to: Just curious posted by rico on May 17, 2005 at 07:51:47:
I love silent movies. The most recent addition to the library is a DVD of shorts by the now almost - forgotten comic Charley Chase. Chase didn't have the physical comedy skills of Keaton or Chaplin or Lloyd so his films are more like '30s screwball comedies. Anyone who thinks that people were less sophisticated in the '20s should see Chase's "Mighty Like a Moose." The jaw - dropping plot starts with Chase's character and his wife both secretly getting plastic surgery to surprise the other. They then meet by accident, don't recognize their newly improved spouse, and both devise complex schemes to "cheat" with the new acquaintance. Although the schemes never come to fruition there's still something startling about casual adultery as a plot element in a comedy from 80 years ago.
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- I have a lot of silent films - Rob Doorack 07:29:16 05/18/05 (0)
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