Moonshine and Noses is a chore. If you are looking for a laugh, you are about 110 years too late. This 1914 short is not some hidden gem of silent cinema; it is a clunky, repetitive, and often irritating example of how early film struggled to translate comic strip energy to the screen. It is specifically for those who ...
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Eugene De Rue
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"Moonshine and Noses is a chore. If you are looking for a laugh, you are about 110 years too late. This 1914 short is not some hidden gem of silent cinema; it is a clunky, repetitive, and often irritating example of how early film struggled to translate comic strip energy to the screen. It is specifically for those who want to see every frame of Earl McCarthy’s career or for people writing a dissertation on the history of prosthetic noses in film. For everyone else, it is a skip.This film works b..."
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