What's the World Coming To?
Appearance
What's the World Coming To? | |
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Directed by | Richard Wallace |
Written by | Stan Laurel Frank Terry Hal Yates |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Starring | Stan Laurel |
Cinematography | Glen Carrier |
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Distributed by | Pathe Exchange |
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Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
What's the World Coming To?, also known as A Furious Future, is a 1926 American silent film featuring Stan Laurel.
Plot
Set 100 years in the future, women dominate society and men are the "weaker" sex, assuming the stereotypical roles of pampered women. A stay-at-home husband of a well-off successful businesswoman, Billie, is cheating on her. Another dominant woman tries to seduce Cook, but a ruckus breaks out when Billie returns home and finds the two flirting.
Cast
- Clyde Cook as Claudia, the blushing groom/the baby
- Katherine Grant as Billie, the bride
- James Finlayson as The father-in-law
- Helen Gilmore as A neighbor
- Martha Sleeper as Butler
- Laura De Cardi as A family friend
- Stan Laurel as Man in window (uncredited)
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