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1917SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
B&W SILENT COMEDY SHORT. GLORIA SWANSON, WALLACE BEERY, BOBBY VERNON. LIVE-WIRE HERO BOBBY FOILS VILLAIN BEERY, WHO HAS TIED GLORIA TO THE RAILROAD TRACK WHEN SHE RESISTS HIS ADVANCES.

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WOMAN PLAYS UKULELE WHILE HER FRIEND DANCES WITH LARGE DOG. DOG ON TWO PAWS DANCING.
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MAN GETS OUT OF STEAMING BATHTUB COVERED BY A TOWEL. CUPS HIS EAR LISTENING TO SOUNDS NEXT DOOR STARTS DANCING AROUND IN BATHROOM, GRABS A TRUMPET, STARTS TO PLAY ALONG WITH WOMAN NEXT DOOR.
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MAN SITS AT HIS DESK COUNTING MONEY BIG GRIN ON HIS FACE
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WOMAN SINGS & PLAYS UKULELE, DOG BARKS. MAN IN NEXT APARTMENT YELLS THROUGH WALL, WOMAN YELLS BACK
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MAN KISSES AUNT ON THE CHEEK, GRABS HIS CAP GOING TO PLAY TENNIS. BEFORE HE GOES SHE CHASTISES HIM ON HIS CHOICE FOR A WIFE.
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MONEY HUNGRY COUPLE MARVEL AT PILE OF MONEY ON DESK. INTERRUPTED BY KNOCK ON THE DOOR, MAN HIDES WOMAN BEHIND ROOM DIVIDER SCREEN. YOUNG MAN ENTERS, THEY TALK. CUTS TO APARTMENT WHERE WOMAN IS GROOMING DOG, BRUSHING DOG
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DOG GRABS TENNIS RACKET IN ITS MOUTH, WOMAN PLAYS WITH DOG TEASING DOG WITH TENNIS BALL. DOG KNOCKS INTO ROOM DIVIDER SCREEN, SCREEN FALLS EXPOSING WOMAN HIDING BEHIND IT & MAN WITH TENNIS RACKET
00:51:56 137 thumbnail
WOMAN, FIANCEE FOLDS HER ARMS, ANGRY, THINKS THEY ARE HAVING AN AFFAIR, MAN TRIES TO EXPLAIN, SHE WALKS OUT ON HIM
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DELIVERY BOY BRINGS LETTER. MAN OPENS LETTER. CU LETTER FROM EXECUTOR OF WILL INSTRUCTING HIM NOT TO TELL BOY OF HIS FORTUNE
00:52:28 169 thumbnail
MAN TRIES TO MAKE UP TO GIRLFRIEND, SHE FINALLY GIVES IN, THEY KISS AND MAKE UP.
00:52:45 186 thumbnail
GUARDIAN LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW, SEES THEM KISSING, TELLS HIS SISTER SHE HAS TO MARRY HIM FOR THE INHERITANCE MONEY.
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YOUNG LOVERS PLAYING TENNIS ON PRIVATE ESTATE COURT.
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WELL-TO-DO PEOPLE WALKING ON ESTATE GROUNDS. MAN INTRODUCES HIS SISTER TO MAN ABOUT TO INHERIT A LOT OF MONEY. SHE FLIRTS WITH HIM. GIRLFRIEND BECOMES JEALOUS. PULLS HIM AWAY, THEY SIT ON GARDEN BENCH
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WOMAN ENTERS ROOM WHERE WOMAN IS SLEEPING IN CHAIR, SITS DOWN, MAKES LOUD NOISE, WAKING HER UP. THEY TALK, WOMAN IS RUDE TO GIRL. SHE TURNS TO MIRROR, SEES MAN LEAVING THROUGH MIRROR. GOES IN HALLWAY SITS IN CHAIR
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PERKY MAN SKIPS INTO ROOM CARRYING BOUQUET OF FLOWERS, WALKS INTO HALLWAY, FALLS OVER HIS GIRLFRIEND SITTING IN CHAIR IN MIDDLE OF HALLWAY.
CAUGHT, HE PRETENDS THE FLOWERS ARE FOR HER.
GIVES HER THE FLOWERS.
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ANGRY GUARDIAN GRABS WOMAN, TAKES HER AWAY. SCOLDS HER.
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MAN COURTING WOMAN IN HER HOME, SHE HOLDS HER HAND OUT ASKING WHERE THE RING IS. HE RUNS OUT OF THE ROOM.
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MAN WANTS RING BACK FROM FIANCEE, SHE MAKES HIM KISS THE RING. HE TELLS HER THE ENGAGEMENT IS OFF, SHE GETS ANGRY, PUSHES HIM AROUND, THROWS FLOWERS AT HIM. GUARDIAN LAUGHS
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HE GOES BACK IN ROOM, GIVES WOMAN FLOWERS, TRIES TO PUT RING ON HER FINGER, RING GETS STUCK. WOMAN STRUGGLES WITH RING.
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REJECTED WOMAN HELD BACK BY GUARDIAN, SHE GETS ANGRY, SHAKES HIM. HITS HIM WITH HIS CANE, BREAKING CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH, HE BRUSHES OFF ASHES FROM HIS JACKET
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MEANWHILE, COUPLE COURTING IN SITTING ROOM FLIRTING
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DELIVERY BOY DELIVERS ANOTHER LETTER. MAN OPENS AND READS LETTER. CU LETTER SAYING THE BOY HAS TO MARRY ORIGINAL GIRL TO GET HIS INHERITANCE
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GUARDIAN DECIDES HE'LL MARRY THE GIRL AND COLLECT THE INHERITANCE. GRABS THE FLOWERS BRINGS TO THE GIRL. SHE RECOGNIZES THE FLOWERS HE CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR HER. SHE REJECTS HIM.
HITS HIM WITH THE FLOWERS, HE FALLS, LETTER SLIPS OUT OF HIS POCKET, SHE ALMOST READS IT, HE GRABS IT IN THE KNICK OF TIME
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MAN KNEELS NEXT TO WOMAN SERENADING HER WITH A SONG. CU MUSICAL NOTES & WORDS "ITS THE CURSE OF AN ACHING HEART"
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PEOPLE ARRIVE AT BALL DRESSED TO THE NINES, PEOPLE HAND IN COATS TO COAT CHECK. UPPER CLASS SOCIAL, SOIREE. WOMAN ASKED TO DANCE, UPSET, SHE PUSHES HIM AWAY & SITS DOWN
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COUPLES STOP DANCING TO WATCH COUPLE DANCING UPSET WOMAN WATCHES EX-FIANCEE DANCING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
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SINGLE MEN SURROUND PRETTY, SINGLE WOMAN, HER EX-FIANCEE JOINS THEM, CAN'T STAY AWAY.
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WOMAN STANDS ON CHAIR LOOKING FOR DATE
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COUPLE TRIES TO GO OUTSIDE, OPEN DOOR, WIND HOWLING, SHUT THE DOOR, SIT DOWN, WOMAN WEEPING INTO MAN'S SHOULDER. HE CONSOLES HER. WOMAN ON CHAIR FINDS DATE, GOES OVER & TAKES HIM AWAY, GUARDIAN SITS IN HIS SEAT. WOMAN TURNS AROUND SHOCKED
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MAN & WOMAN TRY TO KEEP COUPLE APART. MAN PRESENTS WOMAN WITH NECKLACE. PUTS DIAMOND NECKLACE ON HER NECK, SHE RIPS IT OFF AND THROWS IT DOWN ON THE GROUND. HE SEARCHES THE FLOOR FOR EXPENSIVE NECKLACE. SHE FINDS AND READS LETTER THAT FELL OUT OF HIS POCKET, REALIZES THAT SHE WILL INHERIT A FORTUNE.
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SHE TRIES TO GET TO EX-FIANCEE BUT BIG WOMAN KEEPS PUSHING HER OUT OF THE WAY, LOCKS HER IN COAT CHECK, CLOAKROOM, STARTS TO LEAVE WITH EX-FIANCE
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GIRL LOCKED IN ROOM CALLS EXECUTOR ON THE PHONE, TELLS HIM TO GET THERE QUICK
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WOMAN LOCKED IN ROOM GETS ANGRY, BREAKS THROUGH THE DOOR PUNCHES MAN THROUGH DOOR, TELLS HIM SHE KNOWS ABOUT THE WILL, RUNS OUTSIDE
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OUTSIDE, TERRIBLE STORM, HURRICANE WINDS BLOWING UMBRELLAS INSIDE OUT.
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WOMAN DRIVING CONVERTIBLE THROUGH TERRIBLE STORM,
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WOMAN FIGHTING WINDS SHIELDING HERSELF WITH UMBRELLA, MAN CHASING HER. WOMAN FALLS ON MUDDY GROUND INTO HOLE
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WOMAN STOPS CAR, PASSENGER FALLS OUT.
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MAN ON BICYCLE STOPS TO HELP GIRL STUCK IN HOLE
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WOMAN TRIES TO GET STUCK CAR MOVING, WHEELS SPIN, MUD FLIES ALL OVER MAN BEHIND CAR
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MAN GETS WOMAN OUT OF HOLE BUT FALLS INTO IT HIMSELF, SHE STEALS HIS BICYCLE.
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WOMAN ON BICYCLE CATCHES UP TO EX-FIANCE, SHOWS HIM THE LETTER, HE TRIES TO HUG HER, SHE PUSHES HIM AWAY, TELLS HIM TO TAKE THE OTHER WOMAN, HE TRIES TO FOLLOW HER BUT THE OTHER WOMAN GRABS HIM
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MAN RUNS TO TRAIN LEAVING STATION, JUMPS ON JUST IN TIME. LATE FOR TRAIN ALMOST MISSES IT.
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VILLAIN TIES WOMAN TO TRAIN TRACKS. DAMSEL IN DISTRESS. TRAIN APPROACHING
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DAMSEL IN DISTRESS BLOWS WHISTLE, DOG HEARS WHISTLE, JUMPS OUT SECOND STORY WINDOW, RACES TO WOMAN.
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MEANWHILE, TRAIN IS NEARING DAMSEL IN DISTRESS TIED TO TRAIN TRACKS
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DOG ARRIVES AT HIS MISTRESS' SIDE, TRIES TO BREAK CHAINS, CAN'T, DOG BARKS FOR HELP. SHE WRITES A NOTE, PUTS IN DOG'S MOUTH, DOG RACES OFF FOR HELP. DOG GIVES EX-FIANCE THE NOTE, HE READS NOTE, RACES OFF ON BICYCLE
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MAN GRABS DOG'S TAIL, PUTS FEET UP, LETS DOG PULL BICYCLE.
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DAMSEL IN DISTRESS TIED TO TRAIN TRACKS IN CHAINS
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DOG TAKES A SHORT CUT, MAN DRIVES BICYCLE ON TRAIN TRACKS, GETS STUCK, ABANDONS BICYCLE, RUNS TO DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, HUGS HER
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DOG JUMPS ON TRAIN, GIVES ENGINEER THE NOTE, ENGINEER PULLS EMERGENCY BRAKE, PASSENGERS FALL OUT OF SEATS,
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TRAIN APPROACHES WOMAN TIED TO TRAIN TRACKS, HEAD-ON, RUNS WOMAN OVER, WHEELS CUT THE CHAIN TRAIN STOPS BEFORE KILLING WOMAN, EX-FIANCE PULLS HER TO SAFETY.
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DOG CHASES VILLAIN UP A TREE, GRABS HIS COAT TAIL AND DRAGS HIM BACK TO THE TRAIN. VILLAIN GETS ARRESTED
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COUPLE REUNITED CLIMB ON FRONT OF TRAIN, DOG JUMPS IN BETWEEN THEM, THEY HUG THROUGH HERO DOG. THEY SHIELD THEIR EARS FROM SOUND OF TRAIN WHISTLE KISS AS TRAIN STARTS TO MOVE
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