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Who's a Dummy?

1941 · 17 min

A frantic little farce of mistaken identities, built on one silly misunderstanding snowballing into public chaos.

Overview
Mrs. Errol, rehearsing for a play but keeping it a secret from Leon, forces him to take a taxi, as she needs the family car. The taxi driver tells Leon a tale of a love triangle that sets Leon's imagination on fire. He follows his wife and discovers her rehearsing a love scene with an actor, and he thinks it is real. He is leaving when he hears a pistol shot and rushes back, to discover his wife stuffing a dummy in a hamper, but he thinks it is a real body. To protect his wife, Leon steals the hamper, and is almost lynched by a crowd who also thinks the hamper contains a real body.

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • deception
    • love
    • identity
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    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
    Horror1
    Humour7
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Harry D'Arcy
    Starring
    Leon Errol, Vivian Tobin, Herb Vigran, Dorothy Granger, Eddie Kane, Ralph Sanford, Harry Harvey
    Runtime
    17 min
    Country
    United States of America

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