1916SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF LAUGHTER
THRILLS HAS DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS PLAYING AN EX-NEW YORKER WHO RETURNS TO HIS RANCH IN THE WEST WITH A SHIPMENT OF CATTLE AND HORSES. AT HIS CLUB, HE TELLS HIS CITY PALS THAT, FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THRILL TO BE FOUND IN ALL OF GOTHAM. HIS FRIENDS WAGER $5000 THAT IF HE REMAINS ON FOR ONE MORE WEEK, HE WILL FIND THE ACTION HE CRAVES. THEN THEY SET ABOUT TO STAGE A RIB, THE LIKES OF WHICH WOULD DO IN ANYONE BUT THE IRREPRESSIBLE FAIRBANKS. OF COURSE HE MANAGES TO OUTWIT THE ACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED FOR THE STUNT, AND EVEN WINS THE ACTRESS WHO WAS CENTRAL TO THE GAG, IN ONE OF HIS VERY BEST NON-COSTUME PICTURES.
THRILLS HAS DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS PLAYING AN EX-NEW YORKER WHO RETURNS TO HIS RANCH IN THE WEST WITH A SHIPMENT OF CATTLE AND HORSES. AT HIS CLUB, HE TELLS HIS CITY PALS THAT, FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE THRILL TO BE FOUND IN ALL OF GOTHAM. HIS FRIENDS WAGER $5000 THAT IF HE REMAINS ON FOR ONE MORE WEEK, HE WILL FIND THE ACTION HE CRAVES. THEN THEY SET ABOUT TO STAGE A RIB, THE LIKES OF WHICH WOULD DO IN ANYONE BUT THE IRREPRESSIBLE FAIRBANKS. OF COURSE HE MANAGES TO OUTWIT THE ACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED FOR THE STUNT, AND EVEN WINS THE ACTRESS WHO WAS CENTRAL TO THE GAG, IN ONE OF HIS VERY BEST NON-COSTUME PICTURES.
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HS TIMES SQUARE, 1916
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OPEN LAND, SCRUB BRUSH, MOUNTAINS IN B/G. AMERICAN WEST. NEVADA
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COWBOYS SITTING ON FENCE, CHAPS, COWBOY HATS WATCH RODEO, BUCKING BRONCOS. CU FOUR COWBOYS SITTING ON FENCE, LAUGHING, ELBOWING EACH OTHER
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MAN RUNNING OVER RAILROAD BOX CARS IN RAILROAD YARD, MEN COME OUT OF BOX CAR, CATTLE CAR.
COWBOYS IN NEW YORK. |
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HS COWBOY JUMPING WOODEN FENCE, GETS INTO CAR, HORSEBACK RIDER RIDES OVER, GIVES HIM HIS BAG, LUGGAGE, SUITCASE, CAR DRIVES OFF
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CAR PULLS UP TO MEN'S CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY, COWBOY GETS OUT, GREETING FRIENDS ROUGHLY, THROWING THEM, ROUGHHOUSING. ROWDY COUNTRY MAN, DIGNIFIED CITY MEN. FRIENDS REUNITED.
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HORSEBACK RIDERS RIDE UP TO COUNTRY CLUB
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| 00:41:40 220 |
MEN HAVING LUNCH AT COUNTRY CLUB
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HORSEBACK RIDERS AT ENCAMPMENT MANY TENTS IN B/G
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| 00:42:13 253 |
WELL-TO-DO MEN HAVING LUNCH AT COUNTRY CLUB
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| 00:42:28 268 |
CATTLE RANCHERS UP ON HILL. COWBOY LIGHTS A MATCH ON THE BUTT OF HIS JEANS. BELOW, CATTLE MOVING ACROSS PLAIN
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| 00:43:01 301 |
POV ON TOURIST BUS MOVING THROUGH MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY CIRCA 1916
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| 00:43:23 323 |
POV ON WAGON BEING PULLED BY TEAM OF HORSES
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| 00:43:38 338 |
BARROOM BRAWL MOVES OUTSIDE, MANY MEN KICKING & BEATING MAN ON THE GROUND
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| 00:43:56 356 |
WILD WEST SHOOT-OUT, TWO MEN PACE, TURN, SHOOT
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| 00:44:15 375 |
CU NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: "$100,000.00 PEARLS STOLEN"
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CU MASKED BANDIT WITH TWO GUNS SHOOTS COWBOY IN WILD WEST SHOOT-OUT. SHERIFF ON PORCH ALERTED BY NOISE, JUMPS UP, SHOOTS AT FLEEING KILLER, JUMPS ON HIS HORSE, POSSE RIDING OUT OF TOWN, FOLLOW MASKED BANDIT ON DIRT TRAIL
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BANDITS, ROBBERS HOLDING UP STAGE COACH, STEAL STAGE COACH, POSSE ARRIVES, CHASES ROBBERS
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CU SINISTER EVIL LOOKING COWBOY LIFTS HIS HEAD, LAUGHS
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COOK AT MESS WAGON, POSSE ARRIVES DEMANDING FOOD
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CITY URBAN MEN MAKING TOAST, DRINKING GLASSES OF WINE
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MAN LEAVING COUNTRY CLUB, STOPS TO LOOK AT PLANTS
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1910s CHAUFFER DRIVEN CAR PULLS UP TO COUNTRY CLUB, ARRIVING FOR LUNCHEON GREETED BY MAN
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CU PRETTY GIRL FLIRTING WITH COUNTRY CLUB MAN EATING LUNCH, ASKING HIS FRIENDS IF THEY KNOW HER
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MEN'S CLUB; MEN SMOKING, TALKING. MALE BONDING
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WOMAN'S IMAGE COMES INTO MAN'S MIND
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SILHOUETTE OF COWBOY ON HORSE SMOKING CIGARETTE ON A HILLTOP
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COWBOY RIDING THROUGH BRUSH COUNTRY, NEVADA
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| 00:51:13 793 |
MAN JUMPS OVER HIS SEAT IN MEN'S CLUB, CHATTING CHUMS
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MEN TALKING ON TELEPHONES
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CHAUFFER OPENS CAR DOOR, MAN GETS INTO CHAUFFER DRIVEN CAR
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CAR DRIVES UP TO MANSION, BUTLER OPENS DOOR, MAN ENTERS
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MAN CREEPS UP BEHIND ANOTHER, SCARES HIM, HE JUMPS
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MAID COMES DOWN STAIRS
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MEN MAKING BUSINESS DEAL IN MANSION
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WOMAN COMES DOWN STAIRS, ASTONISHED LOOK, MOUTH AGAPE. MAN COMES FROM BEHIND HER, PICKS HER UP, BRINGS HER BACK UPSTAIRS
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MAN POINTING TO HIS HEAD IN "SHE'S CRAZY" GESTURE
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MAN-OF-THE-HOUSE PICKS UP TELEPHONE, MAKING CALL, WOMAN HIDING BEHIND DOOR THROWS A NOTE TO VISITOR, READS "I AM IN GREAT PERIL, SAVE ME! THE GIRL OF THE COUNTRY CLUB". CU WOMAN LIFTS FINGER TO MOUTH IN SSSHHH GESTURE
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VISITOR LET INTO MANSION BY BUTLER, TALKS TO MAN OF THE HOUSE IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION
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FAIRBANKS STANDS, LOOKS AT NOTE, MAID COMES IN, GRABS HIM BY THE ARMS FOR HELP. HE CLIMBS STAIRS, OPENS DOOR, IS JUMPED BY GROUP OF MEN IN HIDING THEY TIE HIM UP IN CLOSET. KIDNAPPED.
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CU STOLEN PEARL NECKLACE WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS JEWEL THIEF
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MAID SNEAKS IN CLOSET, SETS MAN FREE, UNTIES ROPES
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MAID SEES BAD MAN CLIMBING STAIRS, PUSHES BUTTON, MAN FALLS THROUGH TRAP DOOR, MAID KNOCKS HIM OUT
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CU HAND BECKONING, ARM HELD OUT DOOR GESTURING COME HERE
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FAIRBANKS ENTERS WOMAN'S BEDROOM. SHE CONFESSES HER LOVE FOR HIM. TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ESCAPE
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MAID ENTERS BEDROOM JUST AS COUPLE IS ABOUT TO KISS, WARNING THEM JEWEL THIEVES ARE ON THEIR WAY UP. MAN GRABS VASE, GIRL GRABS VASE OUT OF HIS HAND.
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MAN CLIMBS OUT SECOND STORY WINDOW, GIRL LEANS OUT, KISSES HIM, HE ESCAPES, CLIMBS BACK INSIDE FIRST FLOOR, MAKES TELEPHONE CALL TO HIS FRIENDS AT THE COUNTRY CLUB FOR HELP. CALLS THE STOCK YARDS TO HIS COWBOY FRIENDS
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JEWEL THIEVES LEAVE, MAN-OF-THE-HOUSE ENTERS ROOM WHERE FAIRBANKS IS HOLDING SWORD, CU FAIRBANKS SWALLOWING SWORD. SWORD SWALLOWER TRICK, NOT SO CONVINCING
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COWBOYS ON HORSEBACK RACING DOWN DIRT LANE
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COUNTRY CLUB FRIENDS ARRIVING AT MANSION, RACE INSIDE. BRAWL, RICH MEN FIGHTING PUNCHING, BEATING EACH OTHER UP IN MANSION. FAIRBANKS DRAGS A MAN UP TO TOP OF STAIRS, THROWS HIM ON TOP OF THE OTHERS
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CU CRAWLING HAND. CU MAID SHOOTING GUN. CU MAN DROPPING ON FLOOR, SHOT.
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MAID HELPS FAIRBANKS ESCAPE ON THE ROOF FOLLOWED BY GROUP OF MEN. MEN SHOOTING EACH OTHER ON ROOF SHOOT-OUT ON MANSION ROOF.
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FAIRBANKS ESCAPES PERIL BY JUMPING ONTO TREE, CLIMBING DOWN TREE
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WOMAN IN DISTRESS, BEING ATTACKED BY A MAN, OPENS WINDOW, FAIRBANKS SPOTS HER, COMES TO THE RESCUE CLIMBS UP HOUSE, IN WINDOW, TWO MEN STRUGGLE, FAIRBANKS KNOCKS MAN OUT COLD, SEARCHES FOR WOMAN, COMES BACK, MAN IS GONE, SEARCHING THE MANSION, EMPTY HOUSE
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CLIMBS OUT FIRST FLOOR WINDOW, LOOKS AROUND, CLIMBS BACK INTO WINDOW INTO EMPTY HOUSE. GRABS HIS COAT, TURNS IN TIME TO SEE SECRET DOOR CLOSING
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FAIRBANKS BANGS, KICKS SECRET DOOR, WON'T OPEN BREAKS DOWN WALL
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INSIDE, HIS FRIENDS & THE GIRL ARE HAVING DINNER, THEY PLAYED A TRICK ON HIM. BUTLER TELLS HIM "DINNER IS SERVED", PULLS OUT CHAIR FOR HIM HE LOOKS STUNNED, IN SHOCK. HIS FRIEND TELLS HIM HE WAS DUPED.
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COWBOYS RIDE UP TO MANSION, RUN INSIDE, FAIRBANKS TELLS HIS FRIENDS, "SO IT'S A JOKE, NOW I'LL PLAY MY CARDS". GRABS TWO GUNS LOOKS AT CAMERA
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MASKED BANDIT TAKES OFF MASK, FAIRBANKS WINKS
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FAIRBANKS PLAYS JOKE ON HIS FRIENDS, STARTS SHOOTING GUNS. GRABS GIRL, PICKS HER UP IN HIS ARMS, TAKES HER OUTSIDE, THEY LAUGH
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FAIRBANKS JUMPS ON HIS HORSE, PULLS THE GIRL UP, THEY RIDE AWAY
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BORED DINNER GUESTS BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY COWBOYS COWBOY SHOOTS GUN IN THE AIR, RICH PEOPLE JUMP
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MAN WRITING LETTER, LEANING BOOK ON HIS KNEE.
CU LETTER TO FRIEND BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN MANSION |
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GIVES TO STEWARD, ON CRUISE SHIP, POPS HIS HEAD IN PORT HOLE, LEANS BACK OUT KISSING NEW WIFE
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TAPE ENDS
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