WHAT? is a black and white, silent (and signing) comedy about a struggling deaf actor, sick of agreeing to increasingly humiliating tasks just to get a role, who decides to take matters into his own hands.
Casts John Maucere, Josh Breslow, Josep Daniel Rosello, Marina Longares Eschrichs, Jeremy Guskin, Amber Zion, Sheena Lyles, Keaton Talmadge, Neepaul Arthur, Jennifer Brasuell
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Circus
I Was Born, But...
Charley My Boy!
Long Pants
Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz
Synthetic Sin
The Circus
Music Within
Struck by Lightning
Silent Movie
Jus' Passin' Through
Soft Pedal
Run 'Em Ragged
A Perfect 36
Sis Hopkins
Between Showers
Cruel, Cruel Love
Dough and Dynamite
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Laughing Gas
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Circus
IMDB 7.9 | Jan , 1928
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.I Was Born, But...
IMDB 7.6 | Jun , 1932
Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood.Charley My Boy!
IMDB 5.3 | Jan , 1926
A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other ideas however and sets out to find a nice young man she can fall in love with.Long Pants
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1926
Glenn's first attempt at wearing long trousers and being a man about town goes swimmingly as he quickly falls for a vivacious young widow who accidentally runs him down. But his father feels she is beyond his abilities and competes for her attention.Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz
IMDB 3 | Apr , 1910
Dorothy and the Scarecrow are now in the Emerald City. They have become friendly with the Wizard, and together with the woodman, the cowardly lion, and several new creations equally delightful, they journey through Oz -- the earthquake -- and into the glass city. The Scarecrow is elated to think he is going to get his brains at last and be like other men are; the Tin-Woodman is bent upon getting a heart, and the cowardly lion pleads with the great Oz for courage. All these are granted by his Highness. Dorothy picks the princess. -- The Dangerous Mangaboos. -- Into the black pit, and out again. We then see Jim, the cab horse, and myriads of pleasant surprises that hold and fascinate.Synthetic Sin
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1929
A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises her a role in his next production. Unfortunately the production is a disaster and her husband proclaims her unfit for the role. Rather then return home in defeat, she stays in New York and accidentally gets involved with some vicious gangsters.The Circus
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1920
One of the "Out of the Inkwell" series of silent short films featuring a combination of live action and hand-drawn animation.Music Within
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 2007
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of friends, including a man with cerebral palsy and an alcoholic war veteran, Richard discovers his gift for motivational speaking and becomes an advocate for people with disabilities.Struck by Lightning
IMDB 4 | Oct , 1990
This little comedy is set in a small factory come halfway home, employing only handicapped people. Ollie Rennie is the boss and sometime minder of all his workers. He employees Pat Cannizzaro to help get all his workers into some sort of sport, and Pat just happens to be a soccer teacher. He forms a team and tries to take them all the way, with some funny results.Silent Movie
IMDB 6.5 | Jun , 1976
Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.Jus' Passin' Through
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1923
At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.Soft Pedal
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1926
An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.Run 'Em Ragged
IMDB 5 | Aug , 1920
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.A Perfect 36
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1918
The plot involves Mabel's clothes being stolen in a mix-up while she was swimming, necessitating her spending most of the time running around clad only in her swimsuit trying to straighten everything outSis Hopkins
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1919
Sis is an eccentric young girl in a small rural village. While most around Sis view her as a joke, she is loved by Ridy Scarboro, the clerk at the general store. One day Sis's dog knocks an oil can into the Hopkins well and when wealthy old Vibert tastes the water, he believes the Hopkins have an oil strike.....Between Showers
IMDB 5.4 | Feb , 1914
Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.Cruel, Cruel Love
IMDB 5.1 | Mar , 1914
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.Dough and Dynamite
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 1914
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.Kid Auto Races at Venice
IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 1914
The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming the event.Laughing Gas
IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 1914
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.