The Hottentot(1929)
They're off for the fastest, funniest, most furious comedy run in history! "The Hottentot" wins! High explosive hilarity! Dynamited with laughter!
The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play, The Hottentot, by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.
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The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play, The Hottentot, by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.
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1929-08-10
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They're off for the fastest, funniest, most furious comedy run in history! "The Hottentot" wins! High explosive hilarity! Dynamited with laughter!
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