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Smudge

1922 · 50 min

A gentle, good-natured silent-era charmer where small-town problems get solved with pluck and ingenuity.

Directed by
Charles Ray
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Charles Ray, Charles K. French, Florence Oberle
Overview
A comedy-drama starring and directed by Charles Ray. Stephen Stanton falls heir to a small-town newspaper in the midst of the California citrus groves. The town is bedeviled by the smoke from the smudgepots used to prevent the oranges from freezing, but Stephen uses his ingenuity to solve the problem.

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Directed by
Charles Ray
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Charles Ray, Charles K. French, Florence Oberle
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • class
    • family
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
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    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

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    Genres
    comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Charles Ray
    Written by
    Rob Wagner
    Starring
    Charles Ray, Charles K. French, Florence Oberle, Ora Carew, J.P. Lockney, Blanche Rose, Lloyd Bacon, Ralph McCullough
    Runtime
    50 min
    Country
    United States of America

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