Whats the World Coming To
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Running time 1h 2m | 6.4/10 Genre Short, Comedy Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date January 17, 1926 (1926-01-17) Screenplay Stan Laurel, Frank Terry, Hal Yates, Malcolm Stuart Boylan Cast Stan Laurel (The Man in the Window), (The Father-in-Law), (The Butler), Katherine Grant (Billie), (Claudia)Similar movies Hal Roach directed Whats the World Coming To? and produced Bromo and Juliet |
Charley (Charley Chase) and a young woman (Katherine Grant) argue and splash in an oily puddle until a policeman intervenes.
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Whats the World Coming To?, also known as A Furious Future, is a 1926 American silent film featuring Stan Laurel.
Poor little short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete role reversal, with Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Katherine Grant goes tomcatting if that's the word around town. That and the blimps that can be seen out the window are the only jokes. Given that the gags would not be funny were the the sex roles not reversed, it's no better this way
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Set 100 years in the future, women dominate society and men are the "weaker" sex, assuming the stereotypical roles of pampered women. A stay-at-home husband of a well-off successful businesswoman, Billie, is cheating on her. Another dominant woman tries to seduce Cook, but a ruckus breaks out when Billie returns home and finds the two flirting.
Similar Movies
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