Maid in Morocco

Maid in Morocco (1925)

11 Oct 1925 • Comedy, Short • 0h 20m
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I found this short to be one of those overlooked films that contain wonderful moments within a kind of standardized slapstick format. Lupino Lane was a highly regarded English Music Hall performer known for his physical ability to accent his material. Here he is on his honeymoon with wife Helen in Morocco. While he's off painting, the local sheik (Wallace Lupino) takes a shining to Helen and decides to make her his new favorite. Meanwhile Lupino has gotten entangled with the sheik's guards and the rest of the film is essentially an extended chase sequence with interludes in the harem room with the sheik's number one wife (Violet). For students of physical comedy, there is one outstanding feat performed by Lane - in the midst of a chase he leaps onto the shoulders of a guard standing under an archway; leaping from shoulder to arch, he literally runs upside down around the arch and back down to the ground -- twice! This little short is worth watching just for that alone.

Charles Lamont
Director

Writer
Lupino Lane, Helen Foster, Wallace Lupino
Starring

Language: None, English
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Country: United States
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6.2

IMDb (23 votes)
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