In order to receive a large monetary windfall from a relative, Ed and May have to stay married for a year. If they don't, the money will be given to a cousin, Claude de Brie, who aims to separate the couple before the year passes.
Is this worth watching today? Honestly, yeah, if you’ve got an hour and you like watching people in the 1920s act like total lunatics over money. If you’re looking for some deep artistic statement, you’re definitely going to hate this. It’s a silent comedy from 1928 and it feels like it was filmed in about three days....
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"Is this worth watching today? Honestly, yeah, if you’ve got an hour and you like watching people in the 1920s act like total lunatics over money. If you’re looking for some deep artistic statement, you’re definitely going to hate this. It’s a silent comedy from 1928 and it feels like it was filmed in about three days. Maybe four. But it has this weirdly frantic energy that I kind of loved. The whole plot is about Ed and May. They’re married, but they only get this huge pile of cash from a dead..."
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