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Thursday, January 30th, 2025 11:56 PM

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Genre List Manager: Please tell me why...

Romance is not a genre for this title?  See the film and you will know why Romance is an appropriate genre.

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2025-01-28 07:16:07 Battling Butler (1926)
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17 days ago

Hi @bradley_kent -

While I haven't seen this film, it is likely that the "Romance" genre wasn't accepted because the title is widely recognized as a silent comedy, as opposed to a romance-comedy.  The "Romance" genre should only apply if the film wholly included inter-related scenes of a character and their personal life with emphasis on emotional attachment or involvement with other characters, especially those characterized by a high level of purity and devotion.

If you feel that the genre was incorrectly declined, I encourage you to resubmit with a detailed explanation and supporting evidence to help verify.

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I repeat my explanation and add and amend: This is one of Buster's most romantic films.  His whole motivation for becoming a boxer is the love of a woman.

IMDb’s plot summary beings with these four words: ”a  love-struck weakling.”  Buster and Sally meet cute; have that memorable  scene in which, completely and utterly enthralled, they stare and bend into each other as they fall in love, completely enraptured with each other, as the table they are leaning on sinks into the ground;  Buster even kisses Sally while he cradles her face in his boxing gloves; and, at the end, they walk, arm in arm, with Buster still wearing his boxing shorts, but, now, also a top hat. Love (Romance) conquers all!

Google genre search leads off with Action, ROMANCE, Comedy and ROMANTIC COMEDY, all before “Sport."

Battling Butler is easily viewed for free on YouTube.  (I just watched it again.  Great fun!)

My genre contributions, many of which have been incorrectly declined, are not made lightly nor frivilously.  As I have often stated, my contributions are intended to make IMDb more accurate than it already is.

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@bradley_kent​ Hi-

Further reviewing, this genre has been re-submitted on your behalf and now approved. The changes will be live on the site shortly. 

Cheers!

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14 days ago

This is not solved.  Has anyone read my comments above?