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Big Business(1924)
Status: Released
Date: 1924-02-09
64%
4 Votes
Time: 0h 25m
Overview:
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Mohawk! Scenes involving close calls with sharp scissors might make some viewers wince, while the manicurist uses a device that looks like a wire-cutter.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Hal Roach Studios
Movie: Big Business
Top 9 Billed Cast
Joe Cobb
Joe
Jackie Condon
Jackie
Mickey Daniels
Mickie
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Farina
Mary Kornman
Mary
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Sunshine Sammy
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Overview
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Mohawk! Scenes involving close calls with sharp scissors might make some viewers wince, while the manicurist uses a device that looks like a wire-cutter.
Release Date
1924-02-09
Average
6.375
Rating:
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