Good Night, Paul (1918)
- Directed by
- Walter Edwards
- Genre
- silent film, romantic comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wife pretends to be married to her husband's business partner to trick the partner's uncle out of money. The uncle stays longer than expected so the characters must keep up the lie which leads to funny situations.
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What happens
Good Night, Paul is a 1918 American silent comedy romance film directed by Walter Edwards. It was based on a successful stage play with book and lyrics by Roland Oliver and Charles Dickson and music by Harry B. Olsen. The film was produced by Lewis J. Selznick's Select Pictures Corporation. The film a farce that entails a wife willing to pose as a wife of her husband's business partner as a scheme to hoodwink the business partner's uncle out of money. But the uncle's overextended visit forces schemers to keep up the charade leading to comical situations. This film is extant in a European archive, Filmoteca Española, Madrid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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