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The Taming of the Snood (1940) [N/A]

Featuring:
Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Dorothy Appleby

Written by:
Ewart Adamson
Clyde Bruckman

Directed by:
Jules White


Release Date:
June 28, 1940

Original Title:
The Taming of the Snood

Genres:
Comedy

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 20

Overview from TheMovieDB

A jewel thief uses Buster as an unsuspecting dupe.

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Overview from Open Movies

The police are hunting for a jewel thief. Two detectives follow a suspect who ducks into Keaton's Snappy Hats, where all hats are four-thirds off. The thief, a good-looking gal, has the clerk model several hats before she picks one; she slips a huge diamond ring into the band and asks the clerk to deliver the hat to her house. At her flat he finds an irrepressible maid, Odette; complications arise when Odette bangs her head and the clerk revives her with too much whiskey. The thief, the clerk, the maid, and a parrot are soon in various forms of duress, distress, and undress.

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Rankings and Honors

The Taming of the Snood (1940) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.7/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
Jules White

Director of Photography:
Henry Freulich

Editor:
Mel Thorsen

Producer:
Jules White

Writer:
Ewart Adamson
Clyde Bruckman

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