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The Old Swimmin' Hole (1921 film)

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The Old Swimmin' Hole
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Directed byJoe De Grasse
Written byBernard McConville
Based onThe Old Swimmin' Hole
by James Whitcomb Riley
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Rizard
Edited byHarry L. Decker
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • February 27, 1921 (1921-02-27) (U.S.)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

The Old Swimmin' Hole is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Joe De Grasse based on the poem The Old Swimmin' Hole by James Whitcomb Riley. A reviewer for Exhibitors Herald summarized, "The theme of the picture is a light one—just the pleasant little love story of a country schoolboy and girl in the era of the youth of Tom Sawyer."[1]

The film's lack of intertitles has been described as innovative. "This marks an advance in film making," the same reviewer claimed. "Their absence is not realized for some time after the feature has proceeded, a certain indication that it has been skillfully welded together without them and their place supplied by good acting."[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Reviews". Exhibitors Herald. Chicago: Martin J. Quigley. February 19, 1921. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
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