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Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935)

Mr. What's-His-Name? poster
Directed by
Ralph Ince
Genre
comedy film
Country
England
Runtime
1h 06m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a comedy about a man whose name everyone seems to forget. The film follows his misadventures as he tries to navigate life and relationships while people struggle to remember who he is.

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What happens

Mr What's His Name is a lost 1935 British film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Seymour Hicks and Olive Blakeney. It was written by Thomas J. Geraghty and Frank Launder was based on the play by Hicks adapted from the French play by Yves Mirande and André Mouëzy-Éon. It was shot at Warner Bros' Teddington Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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