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Hoopla

1933 · 85 min

A gentle, old-fashioned romance with a bittersweet edge, where circus folk and class divides frame a story of love and reconciliation.

Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Genres: Drama
Starring: Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell

Overview: A sideshow bally girl sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager to get even with him for a friend that he jilted.

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Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Genres: Drama
Starring: Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
class
family
identity
redemption
Places: road trip
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Written by: Bradley King, Joseph Moncure March
Starring: Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell, Herbert Mundin, James Gleason, Minna Gombell, Roger Imhof, Florence Roberts
Music: Louis De Francesco
Cinematography: Ernest Palmer
Runtime: 85 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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