The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Parody of this kind was nothing new when this film came out. Even Sherlock Holmes parodies had already been attempted (See "Sherlock Holmes Baffled"). The popularity of this film came...
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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
THE MYSTERY OF THE LEAPING FISH is undoubtedly the most bizarre film Fairbanks made: a burlesque on SHERLOCK HOLMES. Fairbanks plays the cocaine-addicted detective Coke Ennyday. The entire scenario is a hallucinogenic odyssey into the absurd with Fairbanks, attired in a checkerboard suit (with matching...Start your free trial to watch
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Flirting with Fate
Douglas Fairbanks' eighth film, FLIRTING WITH FATE is an intriguing dark comedy about a starving artist determined to end his life. Fairbanks plays August "Augy" Holliday, described in an intertitle as an artist "long on temperament and short on funds. He can draw everything except a salary." His inability...Start your free trial to watch
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Reggie Mixes In
Just returned from college, wealthy Reggie Van Deuzen (Douglas Fairbanks) returns a lost child to her tenement home and meets Agnes (Bessie Love), an innocent who has taken a job as a dancer in Gallagher's saloon. Reggie dons working-class clothes and follows Agnes to Gallagher's, where he is hired as a bouncer. While...Start your free trial to watch
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Recent Reviews
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Slightly funny & moderately intertaining.
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Wow cocaine and opium seems to be an issue for our main character. Weird and odd but always fun to see these old movies. "Just say no" might be a...
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
A fever dream of a silent picture - Coke Ennyday is mah ideal!
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
Coke Ennyday is the single greatest character name in the history of film.