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Her Accidental Hero

  • 1937
  • 18m
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5.4/10
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SlapstickComedyShort

A gang of insurance-fraudsters and a love triangle involving a hapless masseur and a cop intersect in the streets of a big city.A gang of insurance-fraudsters and a love triangle involving a hapless masseur and a cop intersect in the streets of a big city.A gang of insurance-fraudsters and a love triangle involving a hapless masseur and a cop intersect in the streets of a big city.

  • Director
    • William Watson
  • Writer
    • Forbes Dawson
  • Stars
    • Harry Gribbon
    • Jack Hartley
    • Jean Stuart
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    9
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • William Watson
    • Writer
      • Forbes Dawson
    • Stars
      • Harry Gribbon
      • Jack Hartley
      • Jean Stuart
    • 1User review
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    Harry Gribbon
    Harry Gribbon
    • Harry - The Professor
    Jack Hartley
    Jean Stuart
    • Movie Theatre Cashier
    Douglas Leavitt
    Douglas Leavitt
    Claire Carleton
    Claire Carleton
    • Fake Accident Victim
    Eddie Hall
    Earle Gilbert
      • Director
        • William Watson
      • Writer
        • Forbes Dawson
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        Fake Accident Victim: The same buttinski saved me again. I'd like to save him! I don't know what you guys are going to do, but I'm going to sleep off this collarbone.

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      6/10

      He'd Take A Bat To The Head For Her

      Harry Gribbon is a masseur. He's sent out on a couple of jobs. After the first one goes poorly, it's on to the next. Before he can get there, he's mistaken for a fall guy in a fake accident racket ring.

      This late Harry Gribbon short is amusing mostly for the sheer amount of mock violence it uses. Not only are manglings threatened, but large urns are broken over peoples' heads, and others get clobbered by baseball bats -- although the sound the bats make when they hit someone on the noggin sounds suspiciously weak and reedy.

      That's because a lot of these movie props were fakes, designed to look dangerous, but actually designed not to hurt people if they were handled right. A lot of people know that the bottles broken over peoples' heads in fight scenes were actually made of sugar. I expect the urn used here was too, and as for the bats...
      • boblipton
      • Mar 16, 2023
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      • Release date
        • May 21, 1937 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Production company
        • Educational Films Corporation of America
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      • Runtime
        18 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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