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Nov 20, 1998 · Though ''Waking Ned Devine'' doesn't have the tart edge of ''The Full Monty,'' it does share that film's flair for making an improbably funny spectacle of men in the buff.
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Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Pick The Thornton Wilder...
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Waking Up the Town is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Frank Condon and James Cruze. The film stars Jack Pickford, Claire McDowell, Alec B. Francis, Norma Shearer, and Herbert Prior. The film was released on April 14, 1925, by United Artists.
6 days ago · Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Pick The Thornton Wilder classic returns to Broadway, still brutal and avant-garde after 86 years. Jim Parsons as the Stage Manager in the Broadway revival of ...
He is an engineer, trying to interest town banker Herbert Prior in his scheme to harness the power of a local waterfall to run mills. After Pickford blows up the birth party of Prior's grand daughter, he despairs, although Francis's grand daughter, Norma Shearer wants to help him.
Jim Joyce runs a garage with old Abner Hope. When Hope's granddaughter, Mary Ellen, comes to visit, Joyce falls in love with her. Joyce has a number of bizarre inventions and he dreams of harnessing the nearby falls for power, but he can't get any financing from the town banker.
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Release date: April 14, 1925 Ninety-nine years ago today. A silent film in need of restoration. A fun romantic comedy with a backstory of the moon crashing into the earth. Jack Joyce (Jack Pickford), an engineer with a knack for innovative inventions, meets Mary Ellen Hope (Norma Shearer) when she literally drives her car over him. This was the era of speeding cars, fast talkers, and big money ...
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Waking Up the Town: Directed by James Cruze. With Jack Pickford, Claire McDowell, Alec B. Francis, Norma Shearer. A young girl visits her grandfather, who owns an auto repair shop.
