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High-Brow Stuff
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Rob Wagner
Cast: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Jack Ackroyd
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Hal Roach. Presented by Hal Roach. / Released 27 April 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News, 26 April 1924, page ?] Satire on the apparent trend of present-day entertainment among the elite is shown by Will Rogers in a diverting and fast moving comedy. The “High Brows” scorn the cinema palaces and take their entertainment in a barn called the “Little Theatre” where they profess to be highly entertained by a somber Russian drama where everybody is killed but the orchestra and stage hands and a few other members of the union. When the leading Russian artist is persuaded to enter motion pictures he is a failure in the roles he is cast for but makes good in an impromptu role astride a plunging horse.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 January 2025.
References: Weaver-Twenty p. 309 : Website-IMDb.
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