Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a sadistic psychiatrist. Through various means of control, the mad scientist drives Daniel to think he's losing his mind, but ultimately introduces him to the lovely Lucette.
Stunts
Fairbanks vaulting furniture, climbing walls, pure physical comedy gold.
Practical Effects
Bizarre dream sequence with giant hands and forced perspective tricks.
Acting
Fairbanks' infectious grin carries entire scenes without a single line.
Director
Victor Fleming
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Victor Fleming would later direct 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Gone with the Wind' — this was his training ground for managing chaotic leading men.
Fairbanks was Hollywood's first action star and co-founded United Artists with Chaplin, Pickford and Griffith — this film shows exactly why they needed him.
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