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When the Clouds Roll By (1919)

1919 · Silent film · 85 min · dir. Victor Fleming

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  • Comedy

Synopsis

The comfortable and amiable Daniel Boone Brown, a resident of New York's water front, becomes the victim of a mad scientist's psychological experiments. For days, Dr. Ulrich Metz messes up Daniel's life, bringing on failing health, restless sleep, a nervous and irritable disposition, tardiness for work, and superstitions that cause worry and fear. Several months into the ordeal, one of Metz's minions, hired as Daniel's livery, feeds him a midnight snack of spring onions, lobster, Welsh rarebit…

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Details

Director
Victor Fleming
Writer
Victor Fleming
Cinematography
Harris Thorpe
Studio
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, United Artists
Released
1919-12-28
Running time
85 minutes

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