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Chicken a La King (1928)

Chicken a La King poster
Original title
Chicken à la King
Directed by
Henry Lehrman
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A silent comedy set in the 1920s about a mix-up involving a popular chicken dish. Two men and a woman get into a series of playful misunderstandings.

lightheartedslapstickplayfulbreezywhimsicalnostalgicunpretentious

What happens

Chicken a La King is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and starring Nancy Carroll, George Meeker and Ford Sterling. The title is a reference to the dish Chicken à la King. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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