BOOTLEG FILES 097: “Hands Up!” (1926 Civil War comedy starring Raymond Griffith).
LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public screening of this film.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR DISAPPEARANCE: Too obscure for commercial viability.
CHANCES OF SEEING A DVD RELEASE: Not likely in the near future.
BOOTLEG OPPORTUNITIES: Some collector-to-collector services specializing in silent films have this.
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When I was in college, I remember seeing a print of HANDS UP! I was awestruck. To me, Griffith was a genius. The only thing I now remember is the sequence where he throws the plates into the air and they are shot down by his executioners…. then escapes. That scene is still vivid in my mind. But the overall impression of that film still exists within me. A vivid, brilliant and very funny film by a truly forgotten genius.