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Short film

Fiddling Around

1938 · 18 min

A breezy, silly short comedy where clumsy sleuthing and slapstick mishaps keep things featherlight and easy to dip into.

Directed by
Charles Lamont
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Two bumbling, would-be private detectives, Tom Kennedy and Monte Collins, are hired to protect a maestro's valuable Stradvarius. But there is a girl named Rosina and a pool hall involved and that means trouble ahead for the pair.
How it feels
Light, absurd and whimsical. Brisk and fine in the background.
About
Crime, deception, music
Content
Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Charles Lamont
Genres
Comedy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight1

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Charles Lamont
Starring
Monte Collins, Tom Kennedy
Runtime
18 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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