Rips and Rushes (1917)

1917 · Silent film · 14 min · dir. Larry Semon

• Comedy

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Synopsis

While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Aubrey, the actor playing the father’s preferred suitor, may look like a Chaplin imitator, but he came by those skills honorably, born like Chaplin in Britain and likewise coming to the U.S. with Fred Karno’s troupe. Nevertheless it’s Alice Mann, with her wacky headdress and knowing glance, who…

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Details

Director

Larry Semon

Studio

Vitagraph Company of America

Released

1917-02-05

Running time

14 minutes

Cast & crew

• Larry Semon Director
• Hughie Mack
• Jimmy Aubrey
• Alice Mann
• John Costello
• Earl Montgomery
• PPietro Aramondo
• MMurray Simberg
• Eddie Dunn

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