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Just Nuts is a 1915 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd playing Willie Work, one of the characters that preceded his glasses character. It is also the only surviving film featuring Lloyd as Willie Work. Prints of the film survive in the film archives at George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art.
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- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Fresh from the Farm". Silent Era. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
