The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
- Directed by
- John Emerson, Christy Cabanne
- Genre
- comedy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A comic detective character who is a parody of Sherlock Holmes gets involved in a case about illegal drugs. The film treats the topic of narcotics as a joke in a silly and lighthearted way.
whimsicalplayfullightcomedicparodicfast-pacedsilentabsurd
What happens
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish is a 1916 American short silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, and Alma Rubens. Directed by John Emerson, the story was written by Tod Browning with intertitles by Anita Loos. A parody of Sherlock Holmes fiction, the film addresses the topic of narcotics in a very light comedic way. A 35 mm print of the film still exists in its entirety and is currently in the public domain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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