1921SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
HORACE RADISH WANTS A DRINK, BUT PROHIBITION IS IN FORCE. WHEN ALL HIS OTHER SCHEMES FAIL, HE HEADS TO THE BOOTLEGGER'S HAVEN HOTEL WITH HIGH HOPES. BUT WAITING AT THE HOTEL IS THE TOUGH LAWMAN WILLIAM ALLWAYS TRYAN, WHO IS READY TO TOSS IN JAIL ANYONE FOUND WITH EVEN A DROP OF LIQUOR.
WITH BILLY BLETCHER, VERA REYNOLDS, JOHN DEMPSEY
WITH BILLY BLETCHER, VERA REYNOLDS, JOHN DEMPSEY
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MAN DRESSED UP WITH HIS CLOTHES ON BACKWARDS, IN COGNITO. COMICAL BYSTANDER LOOKING OUT OVER PIER.
MAGICIAN STANDING AT THE PIER. MAN SMOKES CIGARETTE. SUSPICIOUS POLICE OFFICER LOOKS AT THE STRANGE CHARACTER LOITERING AROUND PIER. |
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MAN THROWS ROPE OVER PIER TRYING TO SCORE SOME ILLEGAL LIQUOR FROM BOOTLEGGER WORKING UNDER THE SANDY PIER. BOOTLEGGER POURS ALCOHOL FROM BOTTLE INTO SMALL TIN BUCKET. DRUG DEALING-SMUGGLERS.
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SUSPICOUS, SNEAKY HAND REACHES OUT FROM DARK SHADOWS UNDER SEASIDE PIER AND UNSCREWS CAP FROM UNDER TIN BUCKET. AS THE SMUGGLER HOISTS BUCKET OF BOOZE UPWARDS, STREAM OF LIQUOR POURS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BUCKET INTO TIN CUP BEING HELD BY THE LIQUOR THIEF.
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SAD AND DISGRUNTLED MAN SULKS AND SOBS ON THE BEACH AS HE LEANS AGAINST LARGE WOODEN ROW BOAT SITTING ON SHORE. KICKS HIS FOOT IN THE SAND.
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LOOKS DOWN INTO THE SAND ON BEACH AND FINDS SECRET LETTER, NOTE INSCRIBED WITH DIRECTIONS LEADING HIM ON
TRESURE HUNT. EXCITED HEADS OFF ON HIS HUNT FOR TREASURE. |
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FINDS HIMSELF UNDERNEATH SHADOWY PIER WITH TWO BAD GUYS HOLDING SHOT GUNS. DIGS FURIOUSLY IN THE SAND LIKE A DOG.
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FINDS WOODEN BOX OF TREASURE HIDDEN IN THE SAND AND DIGS IT UP. THE TREASURE CONTAINS SMALLER BOXES HIDDEN INSIDE SMALLER BOXES AND SECRET NOTE HIDDEN INSIDE AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF LIQUOR. ATTEMPTS TO DECIPHER THE RIDDLE.
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| 01:20:18 248 |
SAD AND DISGRUNTLED, SULKS AND SOBS ON THE BEACH.
LOOKS EXHAUSTED WITH WORRY. SEXY YOUNG WOMAN IN 1920s BATHING SUIT FLIRTS FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE BIZARRE STRANGER ON BEACH. |
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SEXY WOMAN WALKS ALONG THE PIER CARRYING LARGE JUG ON HER SHOULDER. DESPERATE MAN FOLLOWS THE YOUNG WOMAN AND FLIRTS TO GET HER ATTENTION. LASSOES RUBBER FUNNEL INTO NECK OF THE JUG AND STARTS SIPPING OUT ITS LIQUID CONTENTS.
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YOUNG WOMAN CARRIES A BEER JUG INTO A DARK BAR. MAN TRAILS THE WOMAN AND FLIRTS WITH HER TO GET HIMSELF GLASS OF BEER, LIQUOR. TRAP SET BY PROHIBITION LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. STING OPERATION. CURTAIN OPENS AND POLICE OFFICERS BUST MAN FOR FLIRTING WITH LIQUOR.
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OFFICER & WIFE SIT IN THEIR SMALL APARTMENT AND TALK ABOUT THEIR DAY.
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POLICE OFFICER WITH WHISTYLE STANDS IN HOTEL HALLWAY AND DIRECTS BUSY PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF HOTEL ROOMS.
BOOTLEGGERS CARRY JUGS OF ALCOHOL TO SELL TO LIQUOR HUNGRY FIENDS LOITERING AROUND THE HOTEL. TIME LAPSE MOVEMENT |
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SOMBER-DISMAL-DEPRESSED LOOKING MAN LEANS AGAINST WALL IN A HOTEL HALLWAY AND HOLDS LARGE CLAY BEER JUG AT HIS KNEES.
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| 01:23:27 437 |
MEN STAND AT THE RECEPTIONIST DESK IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF A HOTEL. MAN FLIRTS WITH VOLUPTOUS MARRIED WOMAN, BY GIVING HER "THE EYE" AND DRAMATICALLY PURSING HIS LIPS. RESPONDS BY FLIRTING AND SMILING IN GIRLISH, GIGGLY WAY.
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JEALOUS HUSBAND GETS ANGRY AT STRANGER FOR FLIRTING WITH HIS WIFE. LEADS HIS WIFE AWAY FROM THE MAN IN DISGUST.
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COMEDY OF ERRORS, UNDER THE NOSE OF THE LAW. OFFICER STANDS IN A HOTEL HALLWAY AS BOOTLEGGERS TRANSPORT, TRAFFIC BUCKETS AND JUGS OF PROHIBITION LIQUOR INTO THEIR ROOMS. THE POLICE OFFICER IS COMICALLY IGNORANT TO THE TRAFFICKING.
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TWO MAN COMEDY ROUTINE, DANCE ACT. TWO MEN PERFORM A SILLY LITTLE ROUTINE IN THE MAIN LOBBY OF A HOTEL.
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MAN MISTAKENLY ENTERS THE ROOM OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN. ACCIDENTALLY HANDCUFFS THE PAIR TOGETHER.
FUNNY AND DRAMATIC MAN SWALLOWS THE KEYS TO HANDCUFFS. |
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POLICE OFFICER DIRECTS BUSY PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF HOTEL ROOMS. BOOTLEGGERS CARRY JUGS OF BEER
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SURPRISED COP REENTERS HIS HOTEL ROOM TO FIND HIS VOLUPTOUS WIFE HANDCUFFED TO STRANGER. THE SHERIFF COCKS HIS SHOTGUN THREATENING TO BLOW THE HANDCUFFS APART. THE HANDCUFFED PAIR DEAK THE SHERRIF AND RUN FROM THE ROOM TO SAFETY.
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