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1919SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
GALE HENRY, EDDIE BAKER. BURLESQUE STYLE SILENT COMEDY. CHINATOWN BECOMES A FUN HOUSE. CHINESE STEREOTYPES

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OLD MAN STEALING GETS CAUGHT STUFFING PAPERS DOWN HIS PANTS BY MEAN LOOKING MAN WHO STEALS IT FROM HIM, POLICEMAN SEES ONLY THUG STEALING FROM OLD MAN CHASES HIM
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WOMAN ON KNEES PEEKING OUT FROM BEHIND CARDBOARD BOXES SEES THUG RUNNING & TRIPPING OVER BOXES STANDS UP & HIDES BEHIND BOX, THUG PUTS PAPERS IN HER POCKET & HIDES, SHE ALSO HIDES
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POLICEMAN COMES & HITS HER THINKING IT'S THE THUG
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WOMAN RUNS INTO DETECTIVE'S OFFICE FOLLOWED BY OLD MAN, SHE CONVINCES CAPTAIN SHE CAN HANDLE THE JOB
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YOUNG CHINESE MEN PLAYING INSTRUMENTS & SMOKING OPIUM IN OPIUM DEN, MAN SINGING LOOKS OUT OF HIS MIND STONED
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POLICEMAN LEANING ON BUILDING SLEEPING, MAN BEING CHASED YELLS IN HIS EAR FOR HELP, CAN'T WAKE HIM UP, THUG ARRIVES & SHOOTS HIM, COP DOESN'T WAKE UP, THIEF STEALS FROM POLICEMAN, DRAGS SHOT MAN AWAY
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DETECTRESS MANAGES TO WAKE UP SLEEPING POLICEMAN BY POKING HIM WITH A PIN, ASKS FOR DIRECTIONS
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MS MAN LYING ON FLOOR IN OPIUM DEN SMOKING OUT OF PIPE GETTING STONED. DETECTRESS LEANS ON WINDOW, BREATHES IN OPIUM SMOKE, GETS HIGH
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SHOOT OUT IN BAD NEIGHBORHOOD ALLEYWAY, BAD SECTION OF TOWN. DETECTRESS ENTERS ALLEY HAT GETS SHOT OFF. MS WOMAN'S HAT BEING KNOCKED BACK & FORTH ON HER HEAD, LEAVES ALLEY
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GOES INTO CHINESE RESTAURANT, SITS DOWN, READS MENU IN CHINESE, ROLL OF PAPER WITH WRITING ON IT ORDERS CHOP SUEY
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CHEF IN DIRTY KITCHEN USES BROOM TO SWEEP UP INGREDIENTS FOR CHOP SUEY, CATS IN CORNER WAIT FOR SCRAPS
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CHEF USES GASOLINE TO MIX UP FOOD, SMALL CHILD SITTING ON KITCHEN FLOOR WITH NEWBORN PUPPIES
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CHEF MAKING FOOD IN FILTHY KITCHEN
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WAITER BRINGS DETECTRESS FOOD, SHE PULLS OUT VARIOUS NASTY THINGS FROM BOWL. GROSS! FOOD MOVING IN BOWL SHE PULLS OUT PUPPY FROM BOWL ATTACKS WAITER, HITS HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH VASE THEN HITS CHEF OVER HEAD, KNOCKS THEM OUT
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DETECTRESS BREAKS INTO BUILDING, BREAKING &
ENTERING, EMPTY ROOM, LEANS ON WALL, OPENS SECRET PASSAGE TO OPIUM DEN. CU MAN PUSHING BUTTON, WOMAN GOES THROUGH TRAP DOOR IN FLOOR INTO POOL OF WATER, MEN CHEER
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CU HUMAN LIKE MASK ON WALL. GIVES HER A FRIGHT, LEANS ON WALL, SECRET PASSAGE OPENS BRINGING HER TO ANOTHER ROOM, ENDS UP BACK WHERE SHE STARTED & IN POOL AGAIN
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POLICEMAN ENTERS SAME DOORWAY, ENDS UP IN OPIUM DEN & IN POOL OVER & OVER
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CHINESE MEN DROP DOWN & BEAT UP POLICEMAN
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POLICEMAN & CHINESE MAN CHASING EACH OTHER AROUND REVOLVING DOOR
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MAN HITS DETECTRESS OVER THE HEAD WITH MALLET, FALLS THROUGH TRAP DOOR IN FLOOR BACK IN POOL WITH POLICEMAN
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THEY SNEAK UP & STEAL PAPERS BACK WHILE MEN ARE CELEBRATING, THEY PUT LION SKINS ON & SCARE THE MEN UNTIL THEY SEE HUMAN FOOT, THEY ATTACK, GET CAUGHT UP IN EACH OTHER, POLICEMAN &
DETECTRESS ESCAPE THROUGH TRAP DOOR IN WALL WITH MEN HOT ON THEIR TRAIL. CHASE SCENE
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CHINESE MEN CATCH THEM & STEAL BACK PAPERS
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DETECTRESS BEING WOKEN UP BY BOSS STILL LEANING ON WINDOW LEDGE OF OPIUM DEN THE WHOLE THING WAS A DRUG INDUCED DREAM, CAPTAIN TAKES PAPERS FROM HER
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DETECTRESS GOES TO POLICEMAN & RETELLS HER DRUG INDUCED DREAM, HE ESCORTS HER TO THE NUT WAGON
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