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Bluff

1916 · 58 min

A gentle, silly old-time comedy that ambles along pleasantly without asking much of you.

Directed by
Rae Berger
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Clarence Kolb, Max Dill, May Cloy
Overview
Louie, the janitor of a large New York building, leaves New York for a small town to try to work out his formula for the "manufacturing of gold from baser metals."

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Rae Berger
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Clarence Kolb, Max Dill, May Cloy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • 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
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Genres
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Directed by
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Runtime
58 min

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