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The Hottentot (1922)

The Hottentot poster
Directed by
Del Andrews, James W. Horne
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a series of misunderstandings and comic situations. The film follows his humorous attempts to navigate these troubles.

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What happens

The Hottentot is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by James W. Horne and Del Andrews and starred Douglas MacLean. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play The Hottentot by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes. Thomas H. Ince produced the feature with distribution by Associated First National. The story was remade by Warner Brothers as The Hottentot in 1929 as an early Vitaphone talkie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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