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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1350

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192760 minUnited States

Synopsis

Mail carrier Eddie competes with a smooth promoter for waitress Madge's attention. An accidental success at a dance helps his courtship, but exposing his rival's dishonest business matters more than learning the right steps.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 58:23
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Paramount Pictures · Public domain

Cast

Eddie Cantor

Jobyna Ralston

William Powell

DirectorsRoscoe Arbuckle

Behind the scenes

Eddie Cantor stars in a silent comedy directed by Roscoe Arbuckle. Physical performance carries a dance routine whose apparent skill begins with an ice cube falling inside Eddie's shirt.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Eddie Cantor — NBC Radio; eBay item photo front photo back · Public domain
Jobyna Ralston — Photoplay magazine · Public domain
William Powell — George Hurrell for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Public domain

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