The Cloud Puncher

Anyone who is familiar with the fun creating powers of hank Mann will make a pretty good guess at the mirth provoking elements that the title and the star would naturally suggest. Hank is making millions laugh with his serio-comic antics.

Genres

Comedy

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It hasn't rained for week and there are no symptoms of coming rain to be found. An itinerant artist carrying a huge canvas rambles along a country road. He reaches the hut of a hermit inventor who is dying of thirst. The artist paints a picture of a reservoir so realistically that the water overflows and fills a cup which he holds in his hand.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

18 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

15 February 1917

Country

United States of America

Cast

Hank Mann

The Artist

Carmen Phillips

His Daughter

Lynn Staley

The Hermit Inventor

John Lancaster

The Town Squire

Joe Lee

Al K. Hall

Mack Wills

Henchman

Don White

Henchman

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