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Hustlin' Hank

1923 · 28 min

A breezy, gentle silent-era comedy full of slapstick mishaps and a dim but endearing ranch hand bumbling through simple gags.

Directed by
Scott Pembroke
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Billy Engle
Overview
Hal Roach produced comedy has Will Rogers playing the title character, a rather slow, dimwitted man who works on a ranch where he usually gets pushed around at. A woman (Marie Mosquini) comes to town looking for someone to help her photograph some of the animals so she picks Hank and soon regrets it.

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Directed by
Scott Pembroke
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Billy Engle
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
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
Humour8
Realism6
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Scott Pembroke
Starring
Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Billy Engle, Eddie Baker, Vera White, Gus Leonard
Runtime
28 min
Country
United States of America

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