1920s Silent Comedy




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File Name
VM-0046_004_003
Period
1924
Format
16mm
Length
00:05:28
Pricing
Regular rate
Timecode start:
00:00:00
Timecode stop:
00:05:28
Additional copies:
2K Film Scan DPX Files, HD Full Frame, HD Pillarbox, PLS16MM-1369_003 16mm Digibeta VM-0046_004 1 01:19:25 01:30:00

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b&w silent slapstick comedy feature - spoof w/ gags, stunts, title cards - bellboy undresses in other room, throws clothes over door, through window vent exterior city street, in front of luxury apartment building - organ grinder walks down street w/ monkey attached to string monkey jumps to curb, man monkey eyeglasses, she puts them on, thrown cigar butt, puts it in mouth c/u African-American worker sits on curb, laughs, smiles interior luxury apartment - Mabel plays gag, dressed as bell boy, enters millionaire's penthouse, brings message from her newspaper - millionaire looks mad - she leaves room, reappears dressed as reporter - millionaire realizes she is pulling gag but amused, smiles at her - Mabel gives sheepish smile - they laugh, he grants her an interview, tells her about his $50,000 bracelet - people stand outside luxury apartment building, men stick their heads out of highrise, encourage monkey to climb wall, monkey climbs up, collar attached to string, man in window above cuts string, interior penthouse - Mabel looks at bracelet worn by great Queen Catherine, c/u bracelet on arm of armchair monkey grabs bracelet from opened window - Mabel tells millionaire, he thinks she took it, calls detective, police, searches for Mabel - monkey on high narrow ledge, puts bracelet around neck, runs along narrow ledges outside building, Mabel chases monkey on ledge, dangles from building - various stunts, police and detective chase Mabel on ledges, awnings, wooden plank - African-American worker falls backward on street, shocked to see Mabel on building - possible Jewish business man / peddler sees Mabel and goes away - men point upward - h/a down to Mabel climbs up bldg. interior newspaper office - Freddie & African-American worker - find out Mabel is in trouble - panicky crowd looks up c/u Freddie covers eyes and peeks up through fingers, scared Mabel