Movie
The Smugglers
1916 · 50 min
A featherlight silent farce of mistaken jewelry and marital mischief, played broad and brisk, best enjoyed as a charming curiosity.
- Directed by
- Sidney Olcott
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Donald Brian, Cyril Chadwick, Margaret Greene
- Tagline
- A Laughable Series of Comic Tragedies.
- Overview
- While honeymooning in Paris, wealthy John Battleby Watts is persuaded to purchase a $20,000 necklace for his capricious young wife. When the jeweler refuses to accept his check, John heads to the bank for the necessary funds. En route, he passes a little shop specializing in imitation jewelry. Figuring his wife will never know the difference, he buys a cheap duplicate of the 20-grand bauble. Later on, however, he reconsiders and purchases the genuine article. But before he can reach his hotel, John is detained by saucy chorus girl Rita Bori, whom he presents with what he thinks is the imitation necklace.
- How it feels
- Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Deception, love
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Sidney Olcott
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Donald Brian, Cyril Chadwick, Margaret Greene
