Short film

Don't Tell Everything
1927 · 20 min
A breezy silent comedy of mistaken identities and household mischief, easy to dip into and full of gentle slapstick.
- Directed by
- Leo McCarey
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Max Davidson, Spec O'Donnell, Jesse De Vorska
- Overview
- Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying all of the guests, so Max refuses to speak to him. 10 days later he has married the widow, but hasn't told her about Asher. Asher doesn't like the situation either, and enters the home disguised as the new maid, that leeds to a growing suspicion of his step mother, who has her own little secret.
- How it feels
- Light, whimsical, absurd and warm. Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Family, deception, love
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Leo McCarey
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Max Davidson, Spec O'Donnell, Jesse De Vorska





