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| Crazy to Act | |
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Crazy to Act | |
| Directed by | Earle Rodney |
| Written by | Carl Harbaugh Mildred June Harry McCoy Jefferson Moffitt Earle Rodney |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Starring | Oliver Hardy |
Release date |
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Running time | 25 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Crazy to Act is a 1927 American silent short comedy film directed by Earle Rodney and featuring Oliver Hardy.[1]
Plot
[edit]Ethel St. John was in love with the bland, but poor, Arthur Young. Mrs. St. John, Ethel's mother, preferred, however, the millionaire Gordon Bagley, to be Ethel's husband. Ethel agreed to marry Bagley only if he made her a movie star.
From then on, everything went wrong for Mr. Bagley. The film he financed for Ethel was made by inept filmmakers, and the film's hero was no one but his rival, Arthur Young.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Matty Kemp as Arthur Young
- Mildred June as Ethel St. John
- Oliver Hardy as Gordon Bagley
- Sunshine Hart as Mrs. St. John
- Jack Cooper as The movie heavy
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
- ↑ Crazy to Act. Motion picture copyright descriptions collection. Class L, 1912-1977. p. 1.
External links
[edit]- Crazy to Act at IMDb
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- 1927 films
- 1927 comedy films
- 1927 short films
- 1927 American films
- 1927 English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- English-language comedy short films
- Films produced by Mack Sennett
- American silent comedy short films
- Surviving American silent films
- 1920s comedy film stubs
- Silent comedy short film stubs