1927SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
Comedy about garbage men cleaning up park, With SNUB POLLARD.
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| 00:37:10 0.6 |
MAN IN FRONT OF "PARK DEPARTMENT FOREMANS OFFICE"
READING FOLDED NEWSPAPER. KNOCKS ON DOOR. MAN OPENS DOOR, NOT REALIZING DOOR IS OPEN, MAN KNOCKS ON FOREMAN'S FACE. SHOWS HIM NEWSPAPER |
| 00:37:25 15.6 |
MAN CALLS OUT TO FRIEND. FRIEND PEEKS OUT OF PUSH CART, SPREADS ARMS WIDE STRETCHING. HAD BEEN NAPPING IN CART. POINTS TO HIMSELF "ME?". FRIEND GESTURES COME HERE
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| 00:37:35 26.6 |
MAN CLIMBS OUT OF GARBAGE CART, GATHERS BELONGINGS, TWO LUNCH BOXES, ALMOST FALLS OUT OF CART, KICKS CART, HURTS BIG TOE, JUMPS AROUND IN PAIN
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| 00:37:49 40.6 |
HOPS OVER TO MEN ON ONE FOOT, STEPPING ON BOTH OF THEIR FEET, THREE MEN JUMPING AROUND IN PAIN
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| 00:37:59 50.6 |
FOREMAN GOES INTO OFFICE, RETURNS WITH UNIFORMS FOR THEN NEW EMPLOYEES, THEY START TO CHANGE INTO UNIFORMS.
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| 00:38:15 65.6 |
FLAPPER STOPS AT DOORWAY, ADJUSTS HER STOCKINGS.
FIXES HER MAKE-UP. MAN CHANGING CLOSES DOOR EXPOSING HIS FRIEND WHO IS CHANGING BEHIND DOOR. HE OPENS THE DOOR, OTHER MAN PULLS FRIEND INSIDE, SHUTS DOOR. |
| 00:38:53 104.6 |
FOREMAN WHEELS OVER GARBAGE CART, INSTRUCTS NEW EMPLOYEES, THEY WHEEL CART OFF
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| 00:39:17 127.6 |
ONE WORKER DOING ALL THE WORK WHILE THE OTHER SITS ON PARK BENCH. PICKING UP GARBAGE WITH SHARP POINTED STICK, GARBAGE FLIES OUT OF CART BACK ONTO GROUND. MAN CAPTURES PIECE OF PAPER ON THE GROUND BY FALLING ON TOP OF IT
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| 00:39:59 170.6 |
GARBAGE MAN FLIRTS WITH FLAPPER READING NEWSPAPER SHE WALKS AWAY, DISTRACTED, GARBAGE MAN GRABS MAN WITH BROKEN LEG WHEEL CHAIR INSTEAD OF GARBAGE CART
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| 00:40:24 195.6 |
GARBAGE MAN LETS GO OF WHEEL CHAIR TO PICK UP GARBAGE, WHEEL CHAIR ROLLS DOWNHILL TO LAKE, WHEEL CHAIR STOPS, MAN EJECTED OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR INTO LAKE. CLIMBS OUT WITH BROKEN LEG. ANGRY, SHAKING HIS FIST.
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| 00:40:42 213.6 |
GARBAGE MEN PICKING UP GARBAGE IN PARK. MAN PULLS POCKET WATCH OUT, CU POCKET WATCH WITH NO HANDS.
MAN THROWS WATCH OVER HIS SHOULDER. OTHER MAN SEARCHES FOR WATCH IN GARBAGE BIN, THROWING GARBAGE OUT BACK ON THE GROUND. OTHER GARBAGE MAN KICKS HIM IN THE REAR END |
| 00:41:21 252.6 |
GARBAGE MEN TAKE LUNCH BREAK IN PARK, SIT WITH OTHERS AT PICNIC TABLE. MAN PULLS OUT BOOK CU BOOK TITLED "INSANITY AND ITS CAUSES" MAN READING ON LUNCH BREAK. CU WORDS IN BOOK "STRIKE THE PATIENT WITH A SHARP BLOW BELOW THE KNEE CAUSING A REFLEX ACTION.."
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| 00:41:47 278.6 |
MAN GETS UP AND HITS HIS FRIEND IN THE KNEE, KNEE JUMPS OUT. REFLEX. MAN TRIES IT OUT ON HIMSELF.
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| 00:42:00 291.6 |
MAN POURS DRINK INTO FRIEND'S CUP WHILE NOT LOOKING, LIQUID SPILLS ON HIS PANTS, BIG WET SPOT ON PANT LEG.
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| 00:42:21 312.6 |
MAN OPENS BOTTLE CAP, LIQUID SPRAYS OUT, MAN COVERS BOTTLE TOP WITH HIS HAND. THEN POURS INTO HIS GLASS.
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| 00:42:41 332.6 |
LITTLE BOY APPROACHES, TAPS MAN ON THE ARM, GIVES MAN JAR MARKED "ADAMS' RED RASPBERRY JAM", OPENS THE CAN, FAKE SNAKE POPS OUT. GAG GIFTS. MAN JUMPS FROM FRIGHT, TURNS AROUND TO BOY, BOY STICKS HIS TONGUE OUT AT MAN.
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| 00:43:01 352.6 |
MAN STUFFS SNAKE BACK INTO JAR, GIVES TO HIS FRIEND. HE OPENS THE JAR, SNAKE POPS OUT AT FRIEND PLAYING PRACTICAL JOKE, BACKFIRES.
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| 00:43:20 371.6 |
MAN SITS DOWN NEXT TO THEM, OPENS HIS LUNCH BOX, SEES JAR ON TABLE, PICKS IT UP, OPENS JAR, SNAKE POPS OUT
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| 00:43:43 394.6 |
BIG MAN POUNDS HIS FIST ON TABLE, LOOSE BOARD POPS UP WITH PIECE OF PIE ON PLATE, HITS MAN IN THE FACE. THE OLD PIE-IN-THE-FACE GAG. MAN WIPES CREAM FROM HIS FACE, BECOMES ANGRY, THE GARBAGE MEN RUN AWAY, MAN THROWS FOOD AT THEM, THEY DUCK INSIDE DOORWAY.
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| 00:44:03 413.6 |
THEY COME BACKOUT IN THEIR SUITS, MAN THROWS FOOD AT THEM, THEY RUN INTO PARK
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| 00:44:17 428.6 |
MAN PICKS UP THINGS FROM THE GROUND, PUTS IN POCKET, CURIOUS FRIEND TRIES TO GET IN HIS POCKETS
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| 00:44:48 459.6 |
TWO MEN PASS FREE PUBLIC WEIGHT SCALE, LITTLE MAN GETS ON SCALE, CHECKING HIS WEIGHT. BIG MAN PUSHES HIM OFF, STEPS ON THE SCALE, NEEDLE SPINS AROUND AND AROUND OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE OF MAN'S SIZE SPRING POPS OUT OF SCALE, FAT MAN BROKE SCALE.
THEY TRY TO FIX IT, SPRING KEEPS POPPING OUT |
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