The Movies (film)
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Directed by | William Goodrich (Roscoe Arbuckle) |
Written by | William Goodrich (Roscoe Arbuckle) |
Produced by | E. W. Hammons Lloyd Hamilton Uncredited: Buster Keaton |
Starring | Lloyd Hamilton |
Cinematography | Byron Houck |
Distributed by | Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Movies is a 1925 American comedy film starring Lloyd Hamilton and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, who was working under the pseudonym "William Goodrich".[1] After a film star breaks his leg, the director replaces the actor with a country boy who resembles him.
Cast
[edit]- Lloyd Hamilton as A Country Boy / Comedy Film Star
- Marcella Daly as An Actress
- Arthur Thalasso as The Villain
- Frank Jonasson as The Director
- Glen Cavender as A Traffic Officer
- Florence Lee
Production
[edit]Location scenes were filmed at the Montmarte Café on Hollywood Boulevard and the "movie" scenes at the Educational Film studios.
Preservation
[edit]A print of The Movies exists and the film been released on DVD as part of a collection of Arbuckle films.[1] Of the three films Arbuckle made with Hamilton, this is the only one that is extant.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: The Movies". silentera.com. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Movies (1925 film).
- The Movies at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Movies (1925) on YouTube
Categories:
- 1925 films
- Films directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
- 1925 comedy films
- Educational Pictures short films
- 1925 short films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- Silent American comedy films
- Films with screenplays by Roscoe Arbuckle
- American comedy short films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s comedy film stubs
- Short silent comedy film stubs