| 00:01:26 32 |
YOUNG WOMAN STROLLING AROUND ESTATE GROUNDS, PICKS
A FLOWER, SMELLS FLOWER. RUNS TO GREET MAILMAN WHO GIVES HER LARGE FLAT PACKAGE, OPENS BIRTHDAY PRESENT PORTRAIT OF HER BELOVED. SHE LAUGHS. |
| 00:02:15 81 |
INTERIOR MANSION. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER TALKING ABOUT
DAUGHTER'S SUITORS |
| 00:02:42 108 |
SUITOR PICKS A FLOWER FROM GIRL'S GARDEN, HESITATES
THEN CONTINUES WALKING |
| 00:03:05 131 |
GIRL ANSWERS THE DOOR, MAN COMES COURTING. HOLDS
FLOWER BEHIND HIS BACK. HAT FALLS. BOTH GO TO PICK HAT UP, BANG HEADS. FOLLOWS HER INSIDE |
| 00:03:30 156 |
MAN WALKING BACKWARDS ALMOST TRIPS AND FALLS. GIRL
INTRODUCES SUITOR TO HER MOTHER, GIVES THE MOTHER A FLOWER & SHAKES HER HAND. MOTHER GOES UPSTAIRS LEAVING THE COURTING COUPLE ALONE |
| 00:03:57 183 |
MAN TELLS WOMAN TO COVER HER EYES, GIVES HER A
FLOWER, SHE ADDS FLOWER TO BOUQUET IN VASE, CHANGES HER MIND, TAKES BOUQUET OUT AND PUTS THE LONE FLOWER IN VASE. SMELLS FLOWER |
| 00:04:33 219 |
COUPLE COURTING SIT ON COUCH IN LARGE LIVING ROOM.
MAN JUMPS UP IN PAIN, SAT ON PIN CUSHION |
| 00:04:52 238 |
ANOTHER SUITOR COMES COURTING THIS ONE WITH A BOOK,
HIDES THE BOOK BEHIND HIM. |
| 00:05:00 246 |
MAN PULLS OUT STETHOSCOPE, LISTENS TO HIS HEART,
CLAIMS HE'S HAVING A HEART ATTACK, YOUNG WOMAN LISTENS TO HIS HEART, PULLS HIS POCKET WATCH OUT OF HIS POCKET. THEY LAUGH. |
| 00:05:25 271 |
SUITOR RINGS DOORBELL. WOMAN ANSWERS THE DOOR. SHE
INTRODUCES THE TWO SUITORS AND TELLS THEM TO MAKE THEMSELVES AT HOME. COURTING TWO MEN AT THE SAME TIME. SITS BETWEEN THEM, SHOWS THEM PHOTOS USING A STEREOSCOPE |
| 00:07:46 412 |
MAN WRITES NOTE ON BACK OF PHOTO, HAS OTHER SUITOR
LOOK INTO STEREOSCOPE TO READ NOTE. |
| 00:08:31 457 |
GIRL'S MOTHER ENTERS, SUITOR GIVES HER THE
STEREOSCOPE SHE READS THE NOTE INTENDED FOR HIM, BECOMES INSULTED & LEAVES THE ROOM IN A HUFF. "YOUR FACE GIVES ME A PAIN, BEAT IT". SUITOR LOOKS CONFUSED |
| 00:09:06 492 |
OTHER SUITOR PULLS PAPER OUT OF HIS POCKET, GIVES TO
THE GIRL SHEET MUSIC FOR THE SONG "IF YOU HAD THE HIVES I'D BE YOUR BEE!" SONG LYRICS ASK HER TO MARRY HIM. SAYS HE WROTE IT FOR HER. SHE SITS AT THE PIANO AND PLAYS THE SONG. SUITOR PLAYS THE ACCORDION. |
| 00:11:15 621 |
HOUSE SHAKING FROM THE MUSIC, VASE DROPS FROM LEDGE
HITS MAN ON THE HEAD, ACCORDION FLIES OUT OF HIS HAND AND LANDS ON CHAIR. |
| 00:11:59 665 |
OTHER SUITOR SITS ON THE ACCORDION, CATCHES ON HIS
PANTS. MUSIC SOUNDS WHEN HE TRIES TO SIT DOWN. THEY HEAR THE MUSIC BUT CAN'T FIND THE ACCORDION. |
| 00:14:23 809 |
WOMAN SHRIEKS "A MOUSE" SHE JUMPS UP ON THE COUCH.
MAN SEES A MOUSE AND TRIES TO KILL IT WITH HIS HAT. TWO MEN TRY TO KILL A MOUSE. THROW HAT OVER THE MOUSE, HAT MOVES ACROSS THE FLOOR. MAN HITS MOUSE WITH BROOM. KILLS MOUSE WITH BROOM |
| 00:15:20 866 |
SUITOR GRABS HIS RUINED HAT, HOLDS BACK FROM
STRANGLING THE OTHER SUITOR FOR THE WOMAN'S SAKE |
| 00:15:33 879 |
SUITOR SHOWS WOMAN HIS POCKET WATCH, SAYS IT'S TIME
TO GO. BOTH SUITORS LEAVE THE HOUSE TOGETHER. MEN RUN DOWN LAWN ONTO SIDEWALK. RUNNING IN SEPARATE DIRECTIONS. |
| 00:16:32 938 |
TRIO OF HOBOS KNOCKING ON ESTATE DOOR, NO ANSWER.
HOBOS HIDE AT BACK DOOR, FRIGHTEN WOMAN AS SHE COMES OUT WOMAN RUNS BACK INTO THE HOUSE & LOCKS THE DOOR, BUMS TRYING TO GET IN. |
| 00:17:43 1009 |
WHILE THE HOBOS TRY TO GET IN, WOMAN ESCAPES OUT
OTHER DOOR. ONE HOBO DISCOVERS THE OTHER DOOR IS OPEN, ENTERS THE HOUSE AND UNLOCKS THE OTHER DOOR FOR HIS FRIENDS |
| 00:18:29 1055 |
HOBO COMES OUT WITH FOOD STOLEN FROM WEALTHY PEOPLE'S
HOUSE. BUMS SIT AND EAT, DRINK TEA ON BENCH IN GARDEN |
| 00:19:25 1111 |
HOBO ENTERS HOUSE AND ANSWERS FRONT DOOR SUITOR HAS
RETURNED, BUM SENDS HIM AWAY |
| 00:19:44 1130 |
SUITOR WALKING BACKWARDS BUMPS INTO WOMAN IN THE
GARDEN GLAD TO SEE HIM, SHE HUGS HIM |
| 00:19:52 1138 |
HOBOS EATING LUNCH STOLEN FROM RICH PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
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| 00:20:06 1152 |
COUPLE TRIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, NERVOUS MAN
GRABS AT HIS SHIRT COLLAR DASHES OFF TO FACE THE BUMS, TALKS TO THEM, RUNS BACK TO GIRLFRIEND. THEN RUNS BACK TO THE BUMS |
| 00:21:38 1244 |
HUGE HOBO GETS UP AND PUTS FOOD DOWN, MUCH SMALLER
SUITOR KICKS HIM IN THE REAR END AND PUNCHES HIM IN THE NOSE. STANDS UP TO A BIG GUY. HOBOS CHASE MAN AROUND ESTATE & OUT INTO THE STREET |
| 00:22:33 1299 |
MAN BEING CHASED BY HOBOS DUCKS BEHIND ADVERTISEMENT
FOR THE GAIETY THEATER, HOBOS FOLLOW HIM, CLOTHES FLY UP IN THE AIR, FIGHTING BEHIND BILLBOARD WITH DANCING GIRLS. |
| 00:22:51 1317 |
THREE HOBOS HEADS BURST THROUGH THE POSTER THEIR
HEADS BECOME THE DANCING GIRLS HEADS. SMALL MAN BEAT UP THREE HOBOES |
| 00:23:04 1330 |
OTHER SUITOR RETURNS, SEES COUPLE STROLLING THE
GROUNDS. TWO MEN FIGHT OVER THE GIRL. LITTLE GUY BEATS UP LARGER GUY AND GETS THE GIRL. |
| 00:24:17 1403 |
FILM ENDS
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Year: 1927
Color: Black & White
Genre: SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
Description: WITH ANDY CLYDE, BILL IRVING, MOLLY MALONE
