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Hidden Genre Gems In Alignment with the style of Try and Get It: Cult Guide

“Discover the best cult films and cinematic recommendations similar to Try and Get It (1924).”
Since its 1924 debut, Try and Get It has maintained a thematic gravity status, the legacy of Try and Get It is a beacon for those seeking the unconventional. Our criteria for this list were simple: only the most thematic gravity and relevant titles.
The Try and Get It Phenomenon
The 1924 landscape was forever altered by the arrival of to sustain a sense of mystery that persists after the credits roll.
Two young bill collectors, Joseph Merrill (Bryant Washburn) and Glenn Collins (Edward Everett Horton), must collect a debt owed by Timothy Perrin (Lionel Belmore), cement manufacturer and backer of a women's dress shop, or lose their jobs. Both are rebuffed, but Merrill's persistence wins him both Perrin's daughter Rhoda (Billie Dove) and the payment of the bill.
Critical Consensus
Critics widely regard Try and Get It as a cult-favorite piece of Comedy cinema. Its thematic gravity is frequently cited as its strongest asset, solidifying its place in United States's film legacy.
Hidden Genre Gems In Alignment with the style of Try and Get It
Based on the unique thematic gravity of Try and Get It, our vault has identified these titles as the most compelling follow-up experiences for fans of Comedy cinema:
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The Judge needs a present for his wife's birthday, so Harry suggests a new corset. They go to the shop, but he's so embarrassed to ask the saleslady he hides in a phone booth.Harry goes in, but finds a GUY wearing one, and runs out.They both dress as women to get back in, but Mrs. Rummy gets there and chases him out.
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Bruce Wendell, the son of West Virginia coal mine owner James Wendell, graduates from West Point and prepares to lead a fighting unit to the front during World War I. As his father lies dying, however, he convinces Bruce to remain at home and guard the mine. Bruce's fiancée Ann Blair assumes that he is a coward and breaks off their engagement, but her brother Bobbie remains Bruce's loyal friend. Meyer, a German agent, persuades railroad president Parrish to refuse to transport Wendell's coal, but when Bruce adamantly refuses to close the mine, the spy's men decide to blow it up. While Ann is being abducted by Meyer, Bobbie is buried in an explosion at the mine. Bruce rescues Bobbie and then sends a plea to Lieutenant Parrish to rescue Ann. Meyer and his gang are captured and Ann renews her vow of love to Bruce.
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While walking along the street one day, Arthur P. Hampton, an impoverished young doctor, and his chums, Stub Masters and Johnny Stokes, are persuaded to part with their last remaining funds by tag day solicitor Mary Jane Smith, with whom the doctor promptly falls in love. Doc's friends then hit upon a get-rich-quick scheme. Knowing that his Uncle George has promised a large sum of money upon his nephew's marriage, they persuade Doc to send out fake wedding invitations naming Mary Jane as the blushing bride. Uncle George, elated at the good news, writes to Mary Jane's aunt, Angelica Burns, an old sweetheart, to invite Mary Jane and Angelica to be his guests on an ocean voyage. Meanwhile, Mary Jane pays a visit to the doctor's office and, upon seeing the wedding invitations, becomes so flustered that she trips and sprains her ankle. Doc comes to her rescue and then begs her to pose as his wife. She agrees, but at ship-side, Stub and Johnnie confess all to Uncle George, who flies into a rage until Doc announces that he and Mary Jane have chosen a wedding at sea.
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A mail-order bride arrives at a Maine lumber camp but doesn't like her prospective husband.
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In Alberta, Canada, a Cornish emigrant unmasks a rustler posing as the girl's "blind" father.
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When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.
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A lady marries a horse trainer but withholds herself until her crippled brother is cured.
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Carver Endicott, a young sophisticate, is rejected by his fiancée for being too foppish and dull. When she feigns an interest in his father, Carver attempts to disgrace his family name by working as a farmhand and later as a busboy in a hotel. However, the newspapers only praise him for his self-sacrificing principles; and finding that he cannot bring shame to the family through menial labor, he takes up with a notorious actress. But when this maneuver also fails, he returns to his former fiancée, who has no further complaint about his being an inexperienced dullard.
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A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.
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Two female candidates for Chief of Police live across the hall from each other, and their political rivalry follows them home, leading to plenty of hi-jinks.
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Analysis relative to Try and Get It
| Film Title | Atmosphere | Complexity | Similarity |
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| A Fitting Gift | Surreal | Layered | 96% Match |
| The Key to Power | Gritty | Dense | 91% Match |
| Mary's Ankle | Surreal | High | 86% Match |
| In the River | Gritty | High | 92% Match |
| The Night Riders | Ethereal | High | 96% Match |
This guide was algorithmically generated using the cinematic metadata of Cullen Tate's archive. Last updated: 5/1/2026.
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