Movie: The Cloud Puncher

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Hank Mann
Hank Mann

The Artist

Carmen Phillips
Carmen Phillips

His Daughter

Lynn Staley
Lynn Staley

The Hermit Inventor

John Lancaster
John Lancaster

The Town Squire

Joe Lee
Joe Lee

Al K. Hall

Mack Wills
Mack Wills

Henchman

Don White
Don White

Henchman

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    It hasn't rained for week and there are no symptoms of coming rain to be found. An itinerant artist carrying a huge canvas rambles along a country road. He reaches the hut of a hermit inventor who is dying of thirst. The artist paints a picture of a reservoir so realistically that the water overflows and fills a cup which he holds in his hand.

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    1917-02-15

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    Anyone who is familiar with the fun creating powers of hank Mann will make a pretty good guess at the mirth provoking elements that the title and the star would naturally suggest. Hank is making millions laugh with his serio-comic antics.

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