The Shriek of Araby (1923)
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Directors
F. Richard Jones
Cast
Ben Turpin, Kathryn McGuire, George Cooper, Charles Stevenson, Ray Grey, Louis Fronde, Dick Sutherland, Tiny Ward, Kewpie Morgan
The story
Outside the Palace Theatre (a cinema showing "The Sheik") a man sits on a horse, emulating Rudolph Valentino. Two girls look at him dreamily. Ben, the bill poster appears, he is a daydreamer.
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Parodie, Silly Movie
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