Bank clerk John Hart is about to marry Mary Kelly, but she insists that before that happens he must grow a mustache. The idea of that shakes him up so much that he gets distracted at work, comes up short in his accounts and gets fired.


The Curious Case of John Hart: When a Mustache Unraveled a Life and Forged a Star There's a peculiar charm to films that capture the nascent anxieties and absurdities of t...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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Randolph Bartlett, Paul Schofield, Blanche Merrill
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