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What’s the World Coming To? (1926) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1926 · 21 mins
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- Directed by
- F. Richard Jones, Richard Wallace
- Starring
- Stan Laurel, Helen Gilmore, James Finlayson, Clyde Cook, Katherine Grant, Martha Sleeper
A short comedy imagines a future a hundred years ahead where men have returned to Regency‑style dress and gender roles are completely flipped. Husband Clyde Cook is left alone at home while wife Katherine Grant roams the town at night, creating a playful satire of fashion and domestic expectations.
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