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Heap Big Chief (1919)

Heap Big Chief poster
Directed by
Alfred J. Goulding
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
10 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short comedy from 1919 starring Harold Lloyd, a rare surviving silent film recovered decades after being lost.

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What happens

Heap Big Chief is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Previously thought to be a lost film, a print was located at the Cinema Museum in London in 2018. The recovered film was later shown to audiences on the second day of the Silent Laughter Weekend on April 28, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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