Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
- Directed by
- Roy Del Ruth
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Three American soldiers in blackface go behind enemy lines during World War I. They pose as German officers and bumble through comic situations with the help of a synchronized music and sound effects track.
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What happens
Ham and Eggs at the Front is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Tom Wilson, Heinie Conklin and Myrna Loy—all in blackface. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Long thought to be a lost film, a print was screened at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2021 courtesy of the Cineteca Italiana. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Black Jack (1927)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.