''Nell's Eugenic Wedding'' is a
lost
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Geography
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History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
1914 silent comedy of one reel directed by
Edward Dillon. It is a primitive example by
Anita Loos
Corinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 1912, she became the first female staff screenwriter in Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood, when D. W. Griffith put h ...
of what is called in modern terms a
Gross-out film.
Tod Browning
Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...
, here just an actor, would later achieve renown as a director. Most reviewers 'damned' the film as repugnant or tasteless.
Plot
A man devours a bar of soap and later vomits everywhere he goes.
Cast
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Fay Tincher
Fay Tincher (April 17, 1884 – October 11, 1983) was an American comic actress in motion pictures of the silent film era.
Early years
Tincher was born in Topeka, Kansas, and was the daughter of George Tincher and Elizabeth Tincher. She had th ...
- Nell
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Tod Browning
Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of vari ...
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*Joseph Belmont - Policeman(*billed Baldy Belmont)
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Edward Dillon
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Max Davidson
Max Davidson (May 23, 1875 – September 4, 1950) was a German-American film actor known for his comedic Jewish persona during the silent film era. With a career spanning over thirty years, Davidson appeared in over 180 films.
Career
Born i ...
References
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1914 films
Lost American films
Films directed by Edward Dillon
Films based on short fiction
American silent short films
Silent American comedy films
1914 comedy films
1914 short films
American black-and-white films
American comedy short films
1914 lost films
Lost comedy films
1910s American films
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