08 Apr 2022
What?
WHAT? is a black and white, silent (and signing) comedy about a struggling deaf actor, sick of agreeing to increasingly humiliating tasks just to get a role, who decides to take matters into his own hands.
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
Country rube thinks what he sees on the movie screen is real. He jumps out of his seat to try to stop a kissing scene.
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Charles Manley Uncle Josh
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