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Brace Up

Brace Up

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 18, 1918

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Brace Up

Production Companies

Bluebird Photoplays, Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

Elmer Clifton

Description

Hero Henry Court (Herbert Rawlinson) is very much his parents' child, having inherited the predominant character traits of both his go-getting father and his shy, retiring mother. The "father" side of his nature manifests itself on the college football field, where Henry excels. Unfortunately, the "mother" side is evidenced by a streak of cowardice, which surfaces at all the wrong times. Hoping to expunge the cowardly part of his make-up, Henry hires a bunch of self-styled mentalists to "concentrate" his problems away. Pretty soon, Henry is a virtual slave to the whims of the mentalists, who push his emotional buttons with reckless abandon.