Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later.
The Duality of the Sub-Mandibular Mark: A Cinematic Excavation In the pantheon of early 20th-century slapstick, few motifs are as enduring as the separated-at-birth trope, yet Brothers Under the Chin elevates this narrative skeleton into something remarkably visceral. Released in an era when the Hal Roach studios were...
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" The Duality of the Sub-Mandibular Mark: A Cinematic Excavation In the pantheon of early 20th-century slapstick, few motifs are as enduring as the separated-at-birth trope, yet Brothers Under the Chin elevates this narrative skeleton into something remarkably visceral. Released in an era when the Hal Roach studios were refining the alchemy of visual gags, this film serves as a fascinating bridge between the crude knockabout of the late teens and the sophisticated character-driven comedy that wou..."
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