The Movies
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Directed by	William Goodrich ( Roscoe Arbuckle)
Written by	William Goodrich (Roscoe Arbuckle)
Produced by	E. W. Hammons Lloyd Hamilton Uncredited: Buster Keaton
Starring	Lloyd Hamilton
Cinematography	Byron Houck
Distributed by	Educational Film Exchanges, Inc.
Release date	October 4, 1925 (1925-10-04)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Movies is a 1925 American comedy film starring Lloyd Hamilton and directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, who was working under the pseudonym "William Goodrich". ^[1] After a film star breaks his leg, the director replaces the actor with a country boy who resembles him.

Cast

• Lloyd Hamilton as A Country Boy / Comedy Film Star
• Marcella Daly as An Actress
• Arthur Thalasso as The Villain
• Frank Jonasson as The Director
• Glen Cavender as A Traffic Officer
• Florence Lee

Production

Location scenes were filmed at the Montmarte Café on Hollywood Boulevard and the "movie" scenes at the Educational Film studios.

Preservation

A print of The Movies exists and the film been released on DVD as part of a collection of Arbuckle films. ^[1] Of the three films Arbuckle made with Hamilton, this is the only one that is extant.

See also

• Fatty Arbuckle filmography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Movies (1925 film).

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• Synopsis at AllMovie
• The Movies (1925) on YouTube

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