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Leap Year

Leap Year

1924Movie⏱️ 56mPassed
Comedy
6.1
IMDB Rating
382 votes

A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives marriage advice to his girlfriends.

Director
N/A
Writers
Walter Woods, Sarah Y. Mason
Stars
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Lucien Littlefield, Mary Thurman
Release Date
January 11, 1924
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 11
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
as Stanley Piper
Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield
as Jeremiah Piper
Mary Thurman
Mary Thurman
as Nurse Phyllis Brown
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John McKinnon
as Mumford - the Valet
Clarence Geldert
Clarence Geldert
as Scott Travis
Harriet Hammond
Harriet Hammond
as Loris Keene
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Allen Durnell
as Tommy Blaine
Gertrude Short
Gertrude Short
as Molly Morris
Winifred Greenwood
Winifred Greenwood
as Mrs. Travis
Maude Wayne
Maude Wayne
as Irene Rutherford

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

slapstick comedyloveyoungunclenurse

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedy

⭐ Featured Review

And Don't Call Me Fatty!
by ndimeo092005-06-14
6/10

"The negative review of this little seen movie must come from somebody who is a huge Virginia Rappe fan. Leap Year is by no stretch a comic masterpiece but it has it's share of belly laughs. I didn't find that there was much jumping up and down and grimacing in front of the camera in this picture. Arbuckle is a very agile man who could pull off some nice stunts with the best of 'em. The compromising situations Arbuckle's character finds himself in is what sets the tone for the hilarity that ensues in Leap Year. Aside from this movie being shown in 1921 it hadn't been sh..."

💡 Did You Know?

Until February 21, 2008, this film had never been shown theatrically anywhere in America because of Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's murder trial, except for special screenings such as the ones in Washington, D.C. at the American Film Institute theater at the Kennedy Center on 18 March 1981, in Los Angeles CA at the Fairfax Theatre 10 April 1981 and at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley CA on 22 August 1993.

📖 Synopsis

A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives marriage advice to his girlfriends.