Specialty CollectionGenre: SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
Description: SLAPSTICK COMEDY SID SMITH, CLIFF BOWES, VIRGINIA VANCE. MAN SITS ON FLOOR WITH BILLS, OVERDUE RENT. TRIES TO ESCAPE. SUITCASE IN EACH HAND. POLICEMAN AND LANDLORD IN HALL. MAN PUTS ON ALL HIS CLOTHING AT ONCE. FAT. TAKES OFF CLOTHES. PUTS IN SUITCASE. CHASED BY COP. SKIPPING OUT ON RENT. JUMPS ON BACK OF PASSING CAR TO ESCAPE. HIGH SOCIETY FATHER AND DAUGHTER IN CAR. TRUCKERS SEE BOSS COMING AND GET TO WORK. TRUCKS LEAVE. MAN RIDES BICYCLE THROUGH HOUSE. EATS BREAKFAST ON BIKE. NO HANDS. GRABS ON BACK OF CAR FOR RIDE. READS NEWSPAPER, LAUGHS. LOOKS AT CLOCK TOWER, REALIZES HE IS LATE. CU SPEEDOMETER OF CAR. BICYCLE TRYING TO PASS CAR. RUSHES TO WORK. OTHER MAN PRETENDS TO BE TRUCK DRIVER. REAL EMPLOYEE FIRED. KICKS MAN. HANGS ON CAR AND TALKS TO GIRL. FLIPS INTO CAR. TAKEN HOME AND PUT TO BED. PRETENDS TO HAVE CONVULSIONS. GIRL CALLS ON TWO PIECE TELEPHONE. MAN TIED TO BED WITH SHEET. DOCTOR ARRIVES. MAN DRIVING TRUCK BACKS UP. HOOK ON TRUCK GOES INTO BEDROOM, HOOKS ON BED, BED PULLED OUT ONTO TRUCK. "ROAD CLOSED" SIGN. MAN IN BED BACKED OVER CLIFF. MAN TRIES TO HELP, BED TIPS DOWN DANGEROUS DEATH DEFYING. MAN CRANKS CRANE BACK UP. MAN FALLS IN POND. ALLIGATOR POPS UP OUT OF WATER. MAN HANGING FROM BED OVER CLIFF. PULLING ON MAN'S SUSPENDERS. SHEET RIPS. THEY FALL INTO WATER. RUN OFF DOWN DIRT TRAIL WITH LITTLE ALLIGATORS STUCK TO THEIR BUTTS. POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC.
