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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1504

The City Slicker

191812 minUnited States

Synopsis

A young man answers an advertisement to modernize an old hotel. His ingenious new fittings reshape the building, while an attractive guest gives him another reason to interfere with the plans of an unwanted suitor.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 11:25
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

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Wikimedia Commons · Gilbert Pratt · Public domain

Cast

Harold Lloyd

DirectorsGilbert Pratt

Behind the scenes

Harold Lloyd's urban visitor brings mechanical surprises to a provincial inn. Furniture emerging from walls makes modernization both a practical ambition and a source of spectacle.

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Harold Lloyd — Daniel Blum · Public domain

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