Description: FEATURING: DOUGLAS FARIBANKS, MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE, WILLIAM LOWERY, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, GERALD PING, MORRIS HUGHES, BARBARA LA MARR. COMEDY WITH A "ZANY, MAGICAL QUALITY". KEATON-ESQUE VISUAL GAGS IN WHICH AN ECCENTRIC INVENTOR APPLIES HIS QUIRKY CONTRAPTIONS TO PROMOTING THE HUMANITARIAN AMBITIONS OF A GREENWICH VILLAGE SOCIAL WORKER. CAREFREE ROMP. WACKY INVENTIONS. A WEALTHY, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY INVENTOR-TYPE, FALLS IN LOVE WITH A SOCIETY GIRL DEDICATED TO THE THOUGHT THAT UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN CAN BECOME OUTSTANDING CITIZENS IF ALLOWED TO SPEND TIME IN THE HOMES OF THE AFFLUENT. NATURALLY FAIRBANKS SETS OUT TO ASSIST HER THROUGH HIS PERSONAL CONTACTS & LIMITLESS ENERGY, BUT ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER GOES WRONG, WHICH PROVIDES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT INTO PLAY A NUMBER OF BIZARRE COMEDY SITUATIONS. ONE OF THESE HAS HIM THROWING A PARTY FOR A BUNCH OF SWELLS, WHERE HE ENTERTAINS THE CROWD WITH HIS IMPERSONATIONS OF A SERIES OF HISTORICAL FIGURES, ENDING WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN. THE ENTIRE PICTURE HAS A SURREALISTIC FEELING ABOUT IT. MELODRAMA. ATHELTIC TALENTSN TO SAVE THE HEROINE FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE VILLAIN. CAMERA TRICKS, ILLUSION & INSPIRED COMEDIC IMAGERY.
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