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The Book Worm (1928) [NR]

Featuring:
Ethel DeVoe, Duncan Harris, Harry Conley

Written by:
Willard Mack

Directed by:
Bryan Foy


Release Date:
February 10, 1928

Original Title:
The Book Worm

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 11

Overview from TheMovieDB

Wilbur is sent by his boss at the bookstore on an errand to deliver a book to a customer. However, instead of just delivering the book, he just awkwardly stands there talking to the customer. Eventually, however the lady tries to get him to stick around--and it looks like she has romance on her mind.

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Overview from Open Movies

Harry Conley is at a bookstore when the owner takes an order from notorious Ethel DeVoe. Anxious to meet her, Conley delivers the book, only to find himself vamped by the lady.Conley plays the rube, wearing a derby too small for his head and offering jokes that are simultaneously risqué and naive. The act probably played well on stage, but here it's preposterous instead of funny. Conley went back onstage, made one more short seven years later and lived to be 98, dying in 1975.

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The Book Worm (1928) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 4.8/10

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Production

Director:
Bryan Foy

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