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Hot News

1928 · 72 min

A breezy silent comedy with slapstick energy, light rivalry, and a touch of romance.

Directed by
Clarence G. Badger
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, Paul Lukas
Overview
Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun and causes Scoop Morgan, the paper's best cameraman, to quit in protest of the hiring of a woman. The Mercury hires Scoop, and there begins a heated rivalry between him and Pat. Pat gets a few lucky breaks and manages to get a beat on Scoop during her brief career. After she exposes the theft of a jewel from the turban of a visiting maharajah, she and Scoop are kidnapped by Clayton, the thief, and taken aboard his yacht. Rescued, she and Scoop find love and happiness.

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Directed by
Clarence G. Badger
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, Paul Lukas
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • gender
  • race
  • love
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Clarence G. Badger
Written by
Florence Ryerson
Starring
Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, Paul Lukas, Alfred Allen, Spec O'Donnell, Mario Carillo, Maude Turner Gordon, Ben Hall
Runtime
72 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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