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  • Thrills of Yesterday (1931)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy
Thrills of Yesterday (1931)
Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy

This short takes a comic look at serious moments from past serials. In part I - "Gin" - of "The Curse of a Drinking Heart", a woman is drowning her sorrows in a bar. Upon leaving, she is attacked. Will anyone come to her rescue? In "...See moreThis short takes a comic look at serious moments from past serials. In part I - "Gin" - of "The Curse of a Drinking Heart", a woman is drowning her sorrows in a bar. Upon leaving, she is attacked. Will anyone come to her rescue? In "Gun-and-a-Half Dugan", the hero and heroine are trapped in a house by marauding gunman above Cactus Gulch. Can our two heroes escape capture? In "The Man Without a Country-Club", a villain is holding a young couple out fishing at gunpoint. Mother Nature may be on our young couple's side. In "The Clutching Foot", villains are trying to get the secret formula from our hero. They manage to tie him up. But as our hero is played by Harry Houdini, how long will it be until his magic can get him out of this predicament? In "The Perils of Pauline Lipschitz", an adventurer in Africa is mesmerized by the dancing blond white woman native to the area. And in "The Yellow Tickee", two Chinese villains are chasing our hero atop a big city's skyscrapers. Written by Huggo See less
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Writer
Burnet Hershey (dialogue)
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Updated Oct 17, 1931

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Oct 17, 1931 (United States)

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6 cast members
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William Duncan
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Harry Houdini
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Marguerite Marsh
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Larry Semon
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Ruth Stonehouse
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Norma Talmadge
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