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Movie poster: Seeing Nellie Home (1924)
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Seeing Nellie Home

1924 · 6 min Comedy
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by taking a pretty girl back home, wreaks havoc trying to get her in, then discovers that she's married.

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Year 1924
Country United States of America
Genre Comedy
Director Leo McCarey
Runtime 6 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs its comedy from a simple, relatable premise of male bravado, escalating it through a series of meticulously timed physical mishaps. It relies on Chaplin's genius for turning a character's vanity into a universal spectacle of graceful failure.

What lingers after the final reveal is the elegant simplicity of the joke and the poignant humor in Charley's deflated pride. A concise lesson in how silent film finds eloquence in action. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Leo McCarey

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