Dough and Dynamite
5.9
1914
0 hr 28 min
Comedy
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
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- Cast:
- Charlie Chaplin , Chester Conklin , Fritz Schade , Norma Nichols , Cecile Arnold , Vivian Edwards , Phyllis Allen
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An Exercise In Nonsense
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A different way of telling a story
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It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
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It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
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