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A Telegraphic Tangle (1916)

A Telegraphic Tangle poster
Directed by
Sidney Drew
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
13 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man stays out all night playing poker instead of going to a party with his wife. The next morning, she sends telegrams to all his friends asking if he stayed with them, and each one says yes.

light-heartedcomedicplayfulfarcelivelywhimsicalfast-pacedsilly

What happens

A Telegraphic Tangle è un cortometraggio muto del 1916 diretto e interpretato da Sidney Drew. Smithers passa tutta la notte a giocare a poker evitando così di andare a una serata con la moglie. Visto che la mattina seguente il marito non è ancora riapparso a casa, la signora Smithers invia un telegramma a tutti gli amici del coniuge chiedendo se il marito ha passato la notte con qualcuno di loro. Ognuno risponde che Smithers ha passato la notte con lui. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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