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Up Against It (1912)

Up Against It poster
Directed by
Otis Turner
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets into a series of comic troubles while trying to win over a woman. It is a short silent film from 1912 with a romantic comedy plot.

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What happens

Up Against It is a 1912 American romantic comedy short film directed by Otis Turner and starring King Baggot. It was produced by the Independent Moving Pictures (IMP) Company of New York. As of 2012, a print of this film survives, with Dutch intertitles, in the holdings of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands in Amsterdam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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