Clear the Decks

Clear the Decks

Cheer up! The Leviathan of Laughter is here!!

NR 1929 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

This 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve talking. The rest of the film is silent and subtitled. The trouble begins when the hero follows a pretty lady aboard an ocean liner. He boards the ship using the name of his friend who was supposed to take the cruise for health reasons. The friend was told that if he did not board the boat, he would not receive his inheritance. Unfortunately for the hero, a male nurse believes that he is the sick friend and forces him to stay in the cabin and subsist upon a diet of goat's milk.

Directed by Joseph Henabery · Written by E.J. Rath

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