| 00:17:46 28 |
ANGRY FATHER HAVING COFFEE WITH GOOD-FOR-NOTHING
SON. WINCES WHEN SON USES COFFEE SPOON, PUTS BACK IN SUGAR BOWL. |
| 00:18:11 53 |
1920s TEEN, YOUNG MAN SCOOPING HEAPS OF SUGAR
INTO COFFEE CUP. DRINKING COFFEE |
| 00:18:32 74 |
MS MAN LOOKING AT WALL, MAN'S EYES BULGING
CU CALENDAR PAGE READS: "WED. DECEMBER 1". |
| 00:18:44 86 |
YOUNG COUPLE GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER
COURTING. LOOKING AT PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHS |
| 00:19:10 112 |
WOMAN'S FATHER ENTERS, MAN TELLS HIM HE WANTS
TO MARRY HIS DAUGHTER. MAKES A DEAL WITH HIM, SEALS WITH HANDSHAKE |
| 00:19:46 148 |
1920s TRUCK BACKING UP TO SHED. FATHER & SON
COME OUT OF HOUSE, TALK TO DRIVER. FATHER SIGNS BILL OF SALE, NOW OWNS TRUCK |
| 00:20:07 169 |
FATHER TEACHING HIS SON HOW TO DRIVE. FATHER
TRIES TO CRANK START TRUCK, WON'T START. FINALLY GETS TRUCK STARTED, ENDS UP ON THE GROUND. |
| 00:21:33 255 |
SON LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE HAS TRUCK IN REVERSE,
DRIVES INTO SHED TEARING IT DOWN. DRIVING LESSON MISHAPS |
| 00:22:15 297 |
FATHER CLIMBS UP ON DUMP TRUCK, PULLS LEVER,
BACK OF DUMP TRUCK LIFTS UP. SON DRIVES UNDER HOUSE, TEARING IT DOWN WITH DUMP TRUCK. KNOCKS BATHTUB TO THE GROUND |
| 00:22:46 328 |
MAN TAKING A BATH REALIZES HE'S OUTSIDE NOW,
COVERS HIS PRIVATE PARTS, RUNS AWAY. FATHER RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES ANGRY SHAKING HIS FISTS |
| 00:23:16 358 |
FATHER & SON WALKING ON CITY SIDEWALK, STOP
TO READ SIGN "WANTED CHARLESTON DANCER" FATHER BRINGS SON INSIDE, TRIES TO GET HIM THE JOB |
| 00:23:37 379 |
YOUNG BLACK PRETEEN AUDITIONS FOR THE JOB,
DANCES THE CHARLESTON |
| 00:23:44 386 |
FATHER LOOKS AT HIS SON UP & DOWN, PUTS HAND
TO FACE, GIVES UP, WALKS OUT |
| 00:23:54 396 |
FATHER YELLING AT SON ON CITY STREET USING HANDS
IN EMPHASIS, |
| 00:24:16 418 |
FATHER & SON ARRIVE ON TROLLEY-TRUCK ACCIDENT
SCENE. PEOPLE POUR OUT OF THE TROLLEY CAR TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. CURIOSITY SEEKERS JOIN, GROWING GROUP ON CITY STREET. |
| 00:24:33 435 |
FATHER HAS SON GET INTO BACK OF WRECKED TRUCK,
FIGURES HE CAN COLLECT MONEY ON ACCIDENT. AMBULANCE CHASER |
| 00:24:45 447 |
POLICEMAN PUSHING PEOPLE BACK. LOADING INJURED
ON STRETCHERS INTO AMBULANCE INCLUDING SON. |
| 00:24:59 461 |
MS SMILING SMUG MAN PROUD OF HIS SCHEME
|
| 00:25:09 471 |
SON CUTTING A HOLE IN HIS BED, FATHER HOLDING
FAKE LEG MADE OF WOOD WITH PANT LEG & SHOW ON IT |
| 00:25:12 474 |
RAILROAD INVESTIGATORS KNOCK ON DOOR KNOCKER,
SON PUTS HIS LEG INTO HOLE IN THE BED, FATHER "DRESSES" THE LEG. INSURANCE FRAUD SCHEME. FATHER STICKS SON'S LEG WITH A KNIFE TO SHOW NO FEELING. INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR FALLS FOR THE SCHEME. FATHER WINKS AT THE SON. WALKS OUT |
| 00:26:41 563 |
THINKING THE COAST IS CLEAR, SON GETS OUT OF
THE BED, BUT INVESTIGATOR BRINGS CO-WORKER UP TO SEE, STICKS HIS REAL LEG WITH KNIFE, CU MAN IN PAIN TRYING TO COVER IT UP. WINCING IN PAIN |
| 00:27:53 635 |
CU KNIFE STICKING IN MAN'S SHOE. BY MISTAKE,
THE INVESTIGATOR HIT THE FATHER IN THE FOOT. |
| 00:28:24 666 |
CU MAN JUST TOLD HE'LL RECEIVE A LARGE SETTLEMENT
FROM THE RAILROAD |
| 00:28:38 680 |
FATHER & SON JUMPING FOR JOY GET CAUGHT BY
RAILROAD INVESTIGATORS. FATHER'S EXPRESSION CHANGES TO SHOCK. THEY THEN TELL HIM THEY'RE RENT COLLECTORS, EXPRESSION CHANGES TO RELIEF GRABS HIS HEART, SITS ON THE BED, FALLS IN HOLE IN BED |
| 00:29:36 738 |
1927 COURT ROOM. CU ANGRY JUDGE BANGING GAVEL
IN HIS HAND. FATHER ARRIVES, HANDS JUDGE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS. TRYING TO BRIBE JUDGE. ANGRY JUDGE THROWS FLOWERS ON THE FLOOR |
| 00:30:41 803 |
CU PAN JURY OF MEN 1927. HARD FACES. CUTS TO
FATHER IN A PANIC, JURY LOOKS LIKE THUGS GANGSTERS HARD CASES. FATHER THINKS THE MAN ON THE END MAY BE SOFT, BLOWS HIM A KISS, JUROR STICKS HIS TONGUE OUT AT HIM, FATHER'S EYES BULGE OUT IN SHOCK |
| 00:31:39 861 |
JUDGE BANGS GAVEL, FATHER ON THE WITNESS STAND
JUMPS & GIVES TESTIMONY. CUTS TO HARD LOOKING JURORS. MONTAGE TRIAL |
| 00:32:58 940 |
FATHER BEING CROSS EXAMINED, CUTS TO JURY
|
| 00:33:25 967 |
MS JURORS SHAKING THEIR HEADS EN MASSE
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| 00:33:27 969 |
FATHER SAYS "IF I'M NOT TELLING THE TRUTH I
HOPE I MAY BE PUNISHED FROM ABOVE" & GLASS LAMP COVER FALLS ON HIS HEAD. SIGN FROM ABOVE |
| 00:33:42 984 |
CU PAINTING OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, FACE CHANGES
TO SINISTER GRIN. MAKES COMICAL SOUND EFFECT BIZARRE! |
| 00:33:45 987 |
JURY CRACKING UP LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY AT MAN'S
MISFORTUNE |
| 00:33:50 992 |
ATTORNEY CALLS "INJURED" BOY TO THE WITNESS
STAND. CUTS TO JUDGE, CUTS TO FATHER WHO PUTS HIS HEAD ON TABLE AS IF CRYING |
| 00:34:46 1048 |
ATTORNEY HAS BOY STAND, TRICKS BOY INTO DANCING
THE CHARLESTON. CUTS TO FATHER PULLING HIS HAIR OUT, CUTS TO JURY LOOKING AT EACH OTHER |
| 00:35:32 1094 |
FATHER LEADS HIS SON OUT OF COURTROOM, HOSTILE
SPECTATORS HECKLE THEM AS THEY LEAVE |
| 00:35:43 1105 |
JURY APPLAUDS LAWYER, LAWYER BOWS TO JURY,
LEAVES, COMES BACK FOR ENCORE TWICE |
| 00:36:00 1122 |
WINNING LAWYER FOLLOWS FAMILY OUTSIDE,
APOLOGIZES, BUT HAD TO WIN IN ORDER TO MARRY HIS DAUGHTER |
| 00:36:20 1142 |
CU DAUGHTER TICKLING FATHER UNDER THE CHIN,
CHEERING HIM UP, SHE GETS HIM TO SMILE |
| 00:36:31 1153 |
FATHER THROWS DAUGHTER INTO FIANCE'S ARMS,
DRIVES AWAY WITH THE SON, SMACKS INTO TRUCK PEOPLE RUN TO SCENE OF CAR ACCIDENT. LAWYER & DAUGHTER RUN OVER, LAWYER TELL HIM TO LIE STILL, HE CAN GET $20,000 FOR CAR ACCIDENT |
| 00:36:58 1180 |
DRIVER OF THE TRUCK POKES HIS HEAD OUT, IT'S THE
FATHER'S OTHER SON, FATHER FAINTS |
| 00:37:18 1200 |
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Year: 1927
Color: Black & White
Genre: SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
Description: WITH MAX DAVIDSON, JOHNNY FOX, MARTHA SLEEPER, TESS DEVORSKA, GASTON GLASS, FRED KELSEY, SPEC O'DONNELL, EUGENE PALLETTE. LAWYER WISHES TO WIN MAN'S DAUGHTER'S HAND IN MARRIAGE MAKES A DEAL WITH HIM THAT AFTER HE WINS HIS FIRST CASE IN COURT, HE CAN MARRY THE DAUGHTER. THE CASE ENDS UP BEING AGAINST THE FATHER'S OWN SON WHO IS TRYING TO PULL AN INSURANCE SCAM. AFTER LEAVING THE COURT HOUSE, FATHER GETS INTO CAR ACCIDENT WITH A TRUCK. LAWYER TELLS HIM TO LIE STILL, HE CAN GET HIM $20,000. THEY LOOK UP ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HIS OTHER SON IS DRIVING THE TRUCK.
