1924SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
CYCLONE BILL IS THE POPULAR SHERIFF OF MUSTANG GULCH, WHERE "A GUN IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO ON THE HIP." BILL KEEPS THE TOWN FREE OF CRIMINALS, AND IS ALSO IN LOVE WITH THE MAYOR'S DAUGHTER. BUT WHEN YUKON JAKE BRINGS HIS GANG TO TOWN, CAUSING TROUBLE AND KIDNAPPING BILL'S GIRL, IT LOOKS AS IF BILL MIGHT HAVE MORE TROUBLE THAN HE CAN HANDLE.
WITH BEN TURPIN, BUD ROSS, NATALIE KINGSTON, KALLA PASHA, JOHN J. RICHARDSON, MADELINE HURLOCK
WITH BEN TURPIN, BUD ROSS, NATALIE KINGSTON, KALLA PASHA, JOHN J. RICHARDSON, MADELINE HURLOCK
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SALOON KEEPER WEARING BOWLER HAT NAPS ON CHAIR. MOVES IN EXAGERRATED MOTION BACK AND FOURTH ON THE BACK LEGS OF A CHAIR AS HE SNORES. CUT TO SALOON KEEPER ROCKING OVER THE EDGE OF A BALCONY AS HE SLEEPS.
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MAIN ROAD IN AN OLD WESTERN COWBOY TOWN. WILD WEST.
COWBOYS COME BLAZING INTO TOWN ON HORSEBACK SHOOTING OFF THEIR PISTOLS LIKE WILD MEN. |
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OLD TOWN MAYOR HIDES BEHIND SOME STUFFED SACKS AND BARREL AS HE SHOOTS HIS PISTOL AT THE BAD GUYS. GETS HIS HAT SHOT OFF BY A BULLET.
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BARREN HORIZON. LONE COWBOY CAN BE SEEN FAR AWAY IN THE DISTANCE GALLOPING ACROSS THE PLAIN.
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GROUP OF SCARED TOWN FOLK, HIDING BEHIND SOME BARRELS, STAND UP AND CHEER AS THE HERO COMES RIDING INTO TOWN TO SAVE THEM.
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HERO ON HIS WHITE HORSE COMES RIDING INTO TOWN SHOOTING OFF HIS PISTOL AS HE RIDES.
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GUN FIGHT ENSUES IN THE WILD WEST TOWN AS VILLAGERS SCATTER TO SAFETY AND THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS PISTOL IT OUT.
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SMALL SCARED BLACK CAT RUNS INTO FRAME AMONG ALL THE FIGHTING.
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GUNSLINGING TOWN SHERIFF, CYCLONE BILL FALLS INTO SCENE. THE WILD WEST SHERIFF SHOOTS OFF HIS SIDE ARM PISTOLS.
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HOLSTERS HIS PISTOL IN HIS PANTS AND SHOOTS HIS TOE.
BIG PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE RISES UP FROM THE GROUND. |
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BAD GUY GALLOPS OFF INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON HIS BLACK HORSE.
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ECSTATIC VILLAGERS HOIST SHERIFF UP ON THEIR SHOLDERS AS THEY CELEBRATE VICTORY AGAINST THE BAD GUYS.
SHERRIF STANDS UP IN FRONT OF THE ADORING VILLAGERS AT THE LOCAL HOTEL, "NORTH OF 56 HOTEL" AND GIVES VICTORY SPEECH. |
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WILD WEST VIGILANTE TAKES A POT SHOT AT THE LOCAL SHERRIF, STANDING ON A CRATE, AS HE ADDRESSES THE TOWN FOLK. CRATE COLLAPSES AND CYCLONE BILL FALLS TO THE GROUND IN A CLOUD OF DUST.
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SHERRIFF TAKES AN UNSTEADY SHOT AT BAD GUY HIDING AT THE FOOT OF THE MOUNTAINS. BULLET RICOCHETS OFF THE ROCKS LEAVING BIG HOLE AT THE FOOT OF THE CLIFF.
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PRETTY YOUNG GIRL SHAKES HANDS ROMANTICALLY WITH SHERIFF. THEY FLIRT. HIS HEART BEATS OUT OF HIS CHEST IN AN OVERLY EXAGGERATED EFFECT. EYE MOVES WILDLY.
LOVE AT FIRST SITE. |
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COWBOY GALLOPS ACROSS WILD WEST PLAIN. GANG OF RIDERS GATHERED IN THE FIELD SADDLE UP ON THEIR HORSES AND RIDE OFF TOGETHER BACK ACROSS THE OPEN PLAIN.
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COWBOYS ARE THROWN THROUGH THE SWINGING DOORS OF THE LOCAL SALOON. MEN RUN AWAY IN FEAR.
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YUKON JAKE STANDS OUTSIDE SALOON AND WIPES HIS HANDS.
LOOKS LIKE ANGRY WOODSMEN, GROWLY AND GRUFF. |
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SIGN HANGS ON THE WALL BESIDE THE SALOON DOOR WARNING LAWBREAKERS TO GET OUT OF TOWN BY SUNDOWN.
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ANGRY BAD GUY SHOOTS UP A SHERIFF'S SIGN WITH HIS PISTOL, CREATING A SKULL WITH BULLETS AND GUN SKILLS.
TOWN BULLY APPROACHES THE SHERIFF AND THREATENS HIM. SHERIFF HOLDS UP HIS HANDS TO SURRENDER. |
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BIG BAD BULLY HITS SHERRIF IN THE STOMACH WITH HIS BIG BURLY HAND.
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ANGRY SHERIFF LOOKS AT THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE WITH STARS IN HER EYES. PHYSICAL COMEDY, GETS ADAMANT ABOUT REVENGE ON THE TOWN BULLY. SHERIFF PREPARES TO RUN THE BAD GUYS OUT OF TOWN. EXCITED TOWN PEOPLE GATHER ON THE SIDEWALKS TO WATCH THE ACTION.
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SHERIFF JUMPS UP ON HIS WHITE HORSE. COMICALLY, CLUMSILY BULLETS FLY FROM HIS HOLSTER AS HIS HORSE GOES CRAZY AND JUMPS AROUND IN FEAR. VILLAGERS SCATTER IN FEAR AS STRAY BULLETS RICHOCHET AND SCATTER THROUGHOUT THE SMALL WESTERN TOWN.
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GANG OF ROUGH LOOKING BAD GUYS GATHER OUTSIDE OF THE LOCAL HOTEL-SALOON.
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LOBBY OF THE WILD WEST HOTEL. VILLAINS INVADE THE LOBBY SHOOTNG THEIR PISTOLS WILDLY IN THE AIR.
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TWO INNOCENT BY-STANDERS SITTING ON THE HOTELS FRONT RECEPTION DESK, FALL BACKWARDS AS BULLETS START TO FLY THROUGH THE SALOON.
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TWO ROBBERS HOLD OPEN AHOTEL LOBBY SAFE. THE ANGRY VILLAINS PULL THEIR PISTOLS.
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FRIGHTENED WHITE HORSE KICKS IN THE BACK DOOR OF HOTEL. KICKS ITS HOOVES. FILM REVERSAL, SPECIAL EFFECT. CUT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE HOTEL AS WOOD CHIPS FLY FROM A SPLINTERED DOOR BEING KICKED BY WILD HORSE HOOVES.
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FRIGHTENED WHITE HORSE KICKS IN THE BACK DOOR
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NERVOUS WESTERN SHERIFF HOLDS HIS PISTOL IN A VERY SHAKY HAND. GULPS HARD IN FEAR OF THE GANG OF THUGS STANDING IN FRONT OF HIM.
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ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS AN UNEXPECTING SLEEPING SALOON KEEPER. THE SALOON KEEPER FALLS TO THE FLOOR FROM SECOND FLOOR BALCONY. COMEDY OF ERRORS.
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LARGE GROUP OF THUGS ATTACK THE LOCAL SHERIFF INSIDE HOTEL. THUGS AS THEY JUMP ONE GUY, OUT NUMBERED.
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WHITE HORSE BACKS ITS HIND INTO A WINDOW.
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FRIGHTENED WHITE HORSE KICKS IN THE BACK WINDOW OF WESTERN HOTEL. KICKS, BUCKS ITS HOOVES AND RUNS WILDLY THROUGH THE SALOON. HERO HORSE FIGHTS THE BAD GUYS. ANIMAL CRUELTY. GROUP OF WILD MEN SURROUND THE HORSE AND ATTEMPT TO FIGHT WITH IT. THE HORSE BUCKS WILDLY.
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TWO VILLAINS RIDE OUT OF TOWN ON HORSEBACK. THE MEN KIDNAP A GIRL. SWEEP THE WOMAN OFF HER FEET AS SHE TRIES TO ESCAPE THE BAD GUYS. WITNESSES TO THE ATTACK SHAKE THEIR FISTS AT THE ROBBERS, TOO FAST TO CATCH.
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CLUMSY TOWN SHERIFF FINDS HIMSELF BEING CARRIED AWAY BY HIS WHITE HORSE. HORSE BITES THE MANS TROWSERS AND CARRIES HIM OUT INTO STREET.
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SNOWY HILLSIDE. TWO VILLAINOUS MEN, DRESSED IN THICK PELLET COATS FLEE ON A DOG SLED THROUGH THE WOODS.
THE BAD GUYS YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL CAPTIVE SITS IN SLED, ALSO DRESSED IN A FUR LINED WINTER COAT. DOG SLED LOOSES A PASSENGER AS IT APPROACHES STEEP HILL SIDE, SNOWY CLIFF. CONFUSED VILLAIN TUMBLES THROUGH THE SNOW AND LANDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLIFF. |
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TOWN SHERIFF PREPARES TO TAKE A TRIP INTO SNOWY BACK COUNTRY. DRESSES IN A LARGE FUR HAT AND A WINTER COAT.
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SPLIT SCREEN ANIMATAION TIME LINE DIVIDES THE SNOWY NORTH FROM THE SUNNY SOUTH. SHERIFF WALKS INTO SNOW COUNTRY AND WAVES GOODBYE TO CHEERING CROWD OF VILLAGERS WISHING HIM WELL.
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CLUMSY HERO STUMBLES HIS WAY THROUGH THE SNOW.
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SNOWSHOER DRESSED IN A LONG BLACK FUR COAT STUMBLES AND FALLS TO THE BOTTOM OF A SNOW COVERED HILL.
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COMICAL CHARACTER, DRESSED IN A LONG BLACK FUR COAT, RESEMBLES A BEAR AS HE STRUGGLES TO CLIMB HILL HE HAS FALLEN DOWN. CLUMSY SHERIFF HAPPENS UPON THE MAN AND MISTAKES HIM FOR BEAR. COMEDY OF ERRORS, ANIMAL COSTUME.
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ARCTIC ADVENTURER SURROUNDED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, PREPARES HIS TEAM OF ANIMALS TO PULL HIS SLED.
ANIMALS CONSIST OF DIFFERENT SIZE DOGS AND GOAT. SMALL SKUNK RUNS FROM A HOLE IN THE SNOW AND TAKES OFF ACROSS A SNOWY FIELD. THE TEAM OF DOGS TAKE CHASE AFTER THE SKUNK. |
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TEAM OF OBSCURE SLED ANIMALS PULL HIM ACROSS A SNOWY LANDSCAPE. SOME ANIMALS ARE TOO SMALL TO FIT THE HARNESS THEY HAVE BEEN TIED INTO. COMEDY OF ERRORS.
IS PULLED VIOLENTLY BEHIND THE SLED BY HIS ANKLES CAUGHT IN ROPE. ANIMALS RUN QUICKLY ACROSS THE FROZEN PLAIN WITH THEIR SLED MASTER IN TOW. |
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COMEDY OF ERRORS, DOG SLED TEAM CHASE SMALL SKUNK UNDER THE SNOW BANKS. TURPINS HEAD RIDES AT GROUND LEVEL AS TEAM OF DOGS RUN OUT OF CONTROL. SLED MASTER RUNS INTO A DIRECTIONAL POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. PHYSICAL COMEDY.
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TIRED OUTDOOR ADVENTURER CURLS UP UNDER SMALL TREE AND TAKES AN OUTDOOR NAP. SMALL GROUP OF IGLOOS ROLL INTO THE FRAME AND LITTLE SMOKING CHIMNEYS POP UP FROM THE SMALL HUTS. IGLOO OWNER DECORATES THE OUTSIDE OF HIS LITTLE HOME. ENTIRE FAMILY OF ESKIMOS APPEAR FROM THE DOORS OF THE IGLOOS. ABSTRACT REALISM, DREAM SEQUENCE.
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ENTREPRENEURIAL ESKIMO ROLLS OUT A HOT DOG AND ESKIMO PIE STAND. THE MAN SELLS FAST FOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FROZEN ARCTIC. BIZARRE
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BEAUTIFUL, SEXY YOUNG WOMEN DRESSED SCANTILY IN 1920s BATHING SUITS AND FUR HATS JUMP OUT OF IGLOO BATH HOUSE AND START TO HAVE A SNOWBALL FIGHT. GIRLS LOOK YOUNG AND GIGGLY. NORTHERN BEAUTY.
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UNSUSPECTING TURPIN WALKS INTO THE MIDDLE OF SEXY SNOWBALL FIGHT BETWEEN YOUNG, SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN.
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YOUNG BEAUTY BEING HELD BY CAPTOR IN A SMALL WOOD CABIN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, ESCAPES THE CABIN THROUGH A BACK DOOR. CAPTOR RUNS AFTER HER.
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LARGE, BURLY VILLAIN WALKS INTO A SMALL WOOD CABIN AND AWAKENS A MAN SLEEPING THERE BY DRAGGING HIM OUT OF BED BY HIS FEET.
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TWO TOUGH GANGSTERS, FACE OFF AND GROWL AT EACH OTHER. THEIR FUR HATS FLAPS AS IF THERE ALIVE.
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UNSUSPECTING TURPIN CONTINUES TO DREAM ABOUT SEXY, YOUNG, SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN. ONE WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO DIVE FROM A SMALL PLATFORM THROUGH A HOLE IN THE ICE.
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WOMAN APPEARS FROM HER DIVE HOLE CUT INTO THE ICE, PULLS TURPIN INTO THE WATER AS WELL. GROUP OF YOUNG WOMEN AID TO RESCUE THE CLUMSY SHERIFF FROM THE FROSTY WATERS.
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MAN TAKING A NAP IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS AWAKENS TO DISCOVER A LARGE BLACK BEAR PAWING AT HIS FACE AND CHEST.
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SHERIFF TRIES TO ESCAPE LARGE BLACK BEAR, BEAR TAKES CHASE AND CONTINUES TO PURSUE THE RUNNING MAN UP AND DOWN HILLS, ACROSS SNOWY FIELDS ETC.
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ANIMATED BEAR EMERGES FROM A WOODED AREA. TRIPS AND FALLS ON A ROPE. THE BEAR FLIPS THROUGH THE AIR.
1920s ANIMATION. |
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GROUP OF OUTDOOR ADVENTURERS CONVERGE ON A SINGLE SMALL CABIN IN THE WOODS TO ESCAPE THE WINTER COLD AND ELEMENTS. KIDNAPPER LOCKS HIS VICTIMS IN ROOM.
BIG BURLY VILLAIN SHARPENS LARGE HUNTING KNIFE ON LEATHER BELT. VILLIAN THREATENS HIS VICTIM. |
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STOP MOTION ANIMATION 1920s. SMALL CANDLE IN CANDLE HOLDER GROWS AND SHRINKS TO REPRESENT FEAR. NASTY VILLAIN THROWS KNIFE AT TURPIN AND STICKS HIM TO THE WALL WITH A KNIFE THROUGH HIS BIG FURRY HAT.
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WILD BLACK BEAR RUNS UP A PATH LEADING TO A SMALL CABIN. CLIMBS THE TOP OF A SNOW DRIFT UNDER CABIN WINDOW AND LOOKS IN. BEAR CLIMBS THROUGH THE WINDOW AND SCARES THE PERSON INSIDE THE ROOM OUT. WILD BEAR INTERACTS WITH HUMANS AND CRAZINESS ENSUES.
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BEN TURPIN COMICALLY-UNKNOWINGLY CRAWLS INTO BED WITH BEAR. BEAR CHASES THE MAN OUT OF THE CABIN AND INTO THE COLD WINTER SNOW. CHASES THE MAN DOWN A STEEP HILL INTO A VALLEY. THE PAIR TUMBLE DOWN THE HILL.
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KIDNAPPER AND HIS YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL CAPTIVE, TRAVEL LONG A SNOWY LANDSCAPE ON THE BACK OF A DOG SLED.
WOMAN STRUGGLES WITH HER CAPTOR TO BE SET FREE. DOGS JUMP OFF A STEEP CLIFF, DOG SLED FLIPS AND ITS PASSENGERS ROLL DOWN THE HILL. WINTER SPORTING ACCIDENT. |
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PANICKED SHERIFF RUNS FRANTICALLY AWAY FROM A WILD BLACK BEAR. THE ANIMAL CHASES HIS PREY DOWN A STEEP HILL SIDE. THE PAIR ROLL DOWN THE HILL, BATTLING ONE ANOTHER. CUT TO ANIMATED SCENE THAT SHOWS THE PAIR COLLECTING MOUND OF SNOW AS THEY ROLL DOWN THE HILL.
THEY TURN INTO A MASSIVE ROLLING SNOWBALL. |
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YOUNG COUPLE IN LOVE ARE REUNITED AFTER ESCAPING THEIR CAPTORS. CAPTORS ARE HELD AT GUNPOINT AND TIED TO A DOG SLED. CAPTORS PULL THE SLED OVER A SNOWY LANDSCAPE.
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