The City Slicker | |
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Directed by | Gilbert Pratt |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Starring | Harold Lloyd |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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Harold arrives in the backward town of Punkville by train to answer a classified ad offering employment for an eager young man who can modernize an antiquated hotel. Within a short time Harold has modernized the inn, including having rooms where the furniture. beds, telephones and bathtubs emerge from the walls. Bebe arrives at the hotel accompanied by her somewhat overbearing mother. Harold is attracted to her and helps her thwart and unwanted and much older suitor.
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