1920s Silent Comedy

b&w silent slapstick comedy feature - spoof w/ gags, stunts, title cards - interior newspaper office - boss tells Mary he'll give her one more chance - tells her about millionaire named Blake who brought back bracelet worth $50,000, tells her no newspaper can get an interview - gives her one more chance to save her job, if she can gets interview, story for paper - Mabel runs out office past Freddie and worker, worker runs after her interior Millionaire's penthouse - older man in smoking jacket dictates to male secretary at typewriter - he goes behind table and appears w/ modern statue in one hand and large magnifying glass in the other, c/u old man w/ spectacles magnified as he smiles, shows bad teeth - he calls statue ancient Venetian traffic cop - ext luxury apartment building - doorman on curb Mabel runs into building, African-American worker tries to follow her, doorman stops him - worker sits down on curb, waits interior Millionaire's home - c/u three newspaper reporters try to get interview, give business card, c/u card from editor millionaire, angry, rips up card - reporters chased out of penthouse - Mabel hides in hallway, stops bell boy going to millionaire, she rings doorbell, runs into ap, locks door, talks to millionaire, admires statue - she asks for interview millionaire gets butlers to carry her out, dump her off chair in hallway - she runs after bellboy, knocks him down, talks him into leasing his pants