A singing doughboy on the Western Front volunteers for a dangerous mission behind enemy lines..
If you have twenty minutes to kill and you want to see what people thought was funny right after sound was invented, this is totally worth a look. You should watch this if you like weird slapstick or if you want to see how early Hollywood made fun of its own clichés. You will probably hate it if you can't stand high-...
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"If you have twenty minutes to kill and you want to see what people thought was funny right after sound was invented, this is totally worth a look. You should watch this if you like weird slapstick or if you want to see how early Hollywood made fun of its own clichés. You will probably hate it if you can't stand high-pitched singing or if you expect a war movie to actually be about war. This isn't No Man's Land; it's more like a fever dream in a trench. The movie starts with these soldiers in ..."
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