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Movie poster: Run 'Em Ragged (1920)
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Run 'Em Ragged

1920 · 14 min Comedy
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.

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Year 1920
Country United States of America
Genre Comedy
Director Alfred J. Goulding
Runtime 14 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs its comedy on a dual foundation: the familiar slapstick and ethnic humor of its time, and a more sophisticated layer that explores the limits of visual perception. It relies on expert prop work, turning a simple rowboat into a source of endless surprise and clever sight gags.

What lingers after the frantic chase subsides is a admiration for the playful, almost philosophical tweaking of reality within the frame. The comedy emerges from the gap between what we expect and what we see. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Alfred J. Goulding

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