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His Double Life

193368 minUnited States
ComedyDrama
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Original language
English
This copy runs
67:41
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English

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Synopsis

A celebrated painter avoids publicity so successfully that his own agent has never met him. When a doctor mistakes his dead valet for the artist, he sees an opportunity to disappear. Living under the servant's identity promises freedom, until other people's expectations intrude.

Cast

DirectorsArthur HopkinsWilliam C. deMilleAssociate direction

Inspirations

Arnold Bennett's novel Buried Alive and its theatrical adaptation, The Great Adventure, supply the mistaken identity. Contemporary critic Mordaunt Hall valued the film's restrained, intelligent approach to comedy.

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