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The Battling Fool (1924)

The Battling Fool poster
Directed by
W.S. Van Dyke
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Runtime
44 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 1920s melodrama follows a man who gets drawn into conflicts and fights. The story leans on exaggerated emotions and simple good versus evil conflicts common to silent films.

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What happens

The Battling Fool is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film survives in the Library of Congress film archive as well as in private film collections. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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