Run 'Em Ragged
1920 · 14 min · ★ 7.5 · Comedy
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard
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Marie Mosquini
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
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Wally Howe
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