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The Caveman (1926)

The Caveman poster
Original title
The Cave Man
Directed by
D. Ross Lederman, Lewis Milestone
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man from a primitive background tries to fit into high society. He causes trouble with his wild behavior and falls for a wealthy woman.

lightheartedplayfulbreezywhimsicaldatedslapstickfast-paced

What happens

The Caveman, also styled as The Cave Man, is a 1926 American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Lewis Milestone directed the Darryl Zanuck scripted story taken from the play The Cave Man by Gelett Burgess. Matt Moore, Marie Prevost, and Hedda Hopper star. A small role is played by a young Myrna Loy, who was just starting out in her long career. Vitagraph, a predecessor of Warner Bros., produced a version of this story in 1915 with Robert Edeson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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