The Lost Laugh (1928) 

** (out of 4)

Decent silent one-reeler has a husband (Wallace Lupino) waking up in the morning and nothing going right. It starts off when his wife knocks him off the bed and then it's the lack of hot water and then a faulty toaster.

Lupino usually appeared in shorts with his brother Lupino Lane but he did make a few solo films. This one here certainly isn't all that entertaining but it remains mildly watchable if you're a fan of these type of silent films. Obviously, by 1928 silent movies were on their way out so this later day example of the silent comedy is worth watching for that reason. As it stands, there's really nothing overly good about this as the majority of the laughs just don't work and there's just nothing overly special about anything here.

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