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Hungry Hearts

1916 · 11 min

A featherlight silent comedy short that breezes by with simple slapstick charm and an easy, forgettable smile.

Overview
Plump and Runt are starving artists who are both in love with their pretty model. Runt chooses money over love and marries a widow he thinks is rich. It turns out the model is the real heiress, and Plump marries her.

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • greed
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism4
    Romance4
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight1

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Will Louis
    Starring
    Oliver Hardy, Billy Ruge, Ray Godfrey, Edna Reynolds, Bert Tracy
    Runtime
    11 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    No Language

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