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He Comes Up Smiling

1918 · 50 min

A brisk, cheerful silent comedy full of madcap chases and playful disguises, easy to enjoy.

Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Herbert Standing
Overview
Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market," and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor. *Only fragments are known to exist. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

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Directed by
Allan Dwan
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Herbert Standing
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • love
  • deception
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Frances Marion
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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