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Kidding Katie

1923 · 18 min

A quick, featherweight silent romp built on silly mistaken-identity gags, easy to dip into and forget.

Directed by
Scott Sidney
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Dorothy Devore, Babe London, James Harrison
Overview
A 1923 Christie comedy starring Babe London and Dorothy Devore. Queenie (London) has sent a picture of her sister Katie (Devore) to her pen pal as if it was her. Now that the pen pal is in love and coming to meet Queenie in person, Katie has to pretend she is a child.

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Directed by
Scott Sidney
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Dorothy Devore, Babe London, James Harrison
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • deception
    • love
    • identity
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism4
    Romance3
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight1

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    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Scott Sidney
    Starring
    Dorothy Devore, Babe London, James Harrison, Blanche Payson, Billy Bletcher, Charlotte Mineau, Eugenie Forde, Felix Valle
    Runtime
    18 min

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