Nell's Eugenic Wedding

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Nell's Eugenic Wedding
Directed by Edward Dillon
Written by Anita Loos
Starring Tod Browning
Fay Tincher
Production
company
Komic Pictures Company
Distributed byMutual Film
Release date
  • May 24, 1914 (1914-05-24)
Running time
10-12 minutes; one reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Nell's Eugenic Wedding is a lost 1914 silent comedy of one reel directed by Edward Dillon. It is a primitive example by Anita Loos of what is called in modern terms a Gross-out film. Tod Browning, here just an actor, would later achieve renown as a director. Most reviewers 'damned' the film as repugnant or tasteless. [1]

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Plot

A man devours a bar of soap and later vomits everywhere he goes.

Cast

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References

  1. "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". Silentera.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.