Charley is afraid of dogs, and one chases him into a phone box, which a stuffy aristocrat has just left to get more change, to continue the phone call with his fiancée, who is being forced by her parents to marry him. Charley agrees to help the girl, and is mistakenly hired as a butler at the same house.


Is Dog Shy worth your time in the modern era of high-speed digital comedy? Short answer: yes, but only if you value the surgical precision of 1920s situational farce over the loud, disjointed humor of today.This film is for the cinephile who enjoys watching a narrative trap snap shut with mathematical certainty. It is ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Leo McCarey

Eduardo Notari
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"Is Dog Shy worth your time in the modern era of high-speed digital comedy? Short answer: yes, but only if you value the surgical precision of 1920s situational farce over the loud, disjointed humor of today.This film is for the cinephile who enjoys watching a narrative trap snap shut with mathematical certainty. It is emphatically not for those who find silent-era physical comedy 'dated' or who lack the patience for a joke that takes ten minutes of careful setup to pay off.Direct Analysis: The V..."
Mildred June
H.M. Walker
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