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The Poor Nut (1927)

The Poor Nut poster
Directed by
Richard Wallace
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets caught up in a series of comedic mishaps at college. He tries to impress a girl and deal with his eccentric classmates.

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What happens

The Poor Nut is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Paul Schofield. It is based on the 1925 play The Poor Nut by J. C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent. The film stars Jack Mulhall, Charles Murray, Jean Arthur, Jane Winton, Glenn Tryon and Cornelius Keefe. The film was released on August 7, 1927, by First National Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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