Pathéscope 9.5mm Sound (1956)

TWENTY-ONE Comedy Farce SB/654 A Gallant Fireman. Charlie Chaplin is a member of the local Fire Brigade this time. Needless to say, this new situation gives him endless opportunities for the wildest slapstick as well as a good deal of subtle pantomime when will he get those bells right ? But soon trickery and rivalry enter the scene, and before long there is the most inefficient fireman ever born rescuing a fair damsel from a burning house. Strange that she should be the brigade chief's girl-friend I An extract from the Mutual film, The Fireman." SB/666 Hurrah for the Holidays. Sunny Jim is up early and soon gets busy I Mickey too is a bright lad — at playing the 'cello and at darning stockings! See the jolly tribe get together and, work forgotten, set out to explore the Desert Island. SB/669 Gipsy Life. Charlie Chaplin, plus violin, has taken to the open road now^, and soon he is befriending a young girl in a gipsy encampment, w^hose life is one of endless bullying by the gipsy chief and a vile old gipsy hag. Right triumphs over might, but soon fate overtakes the happy couple, and they are almost separated. Rather more pathetic than usual, this is an acknowledged Chaplin masterpiece. Adapted from the Mutual film, The Vagabond." SB/670 Shop. Charlie Chaplin as the long-suffering but meddlesome assistant in a pawnshop, has to be seen to be believed. The comedy he can extract from the three brass balls, from the various customers who visit the shop, from the hard-hearted pawnbroker and his pretty daughter, from a length of rope on the floor, even, is of the highest order. Another Chaplin masterpiece, ageless in its humour and pantomime. An extract from the Mutual film. The Pawnshop." SB/728 Full Steam Ahead. Our Gang again. All out for the excitement of the day. They seem to enjoy driving crazily about in trains, and leave us with a feeling that we are safer out of the picture. SB/730 Paul Becomes a Cave-man. Suffering from an inferiority com plex, Paul has a great difficulty in the neighbourhood. Even Rose, his charming friend, finds him funny. He conquers both his rival and his weakness by auto-suggestion. SB/74 7 The Little Follies Girl. (2 Reels). Peter Verdy falls in love with Lola who is mistaken for a boy when she appears in stage regalia before a rich uncle who has other marriage plans for his nephew. The tangle ensuing is finally sorted out with excellent results all round. SB/754 Billy, the Sea Dog. Fancy taking a rich uncle for a sea trip and landing him in great peril, first from drowning and secondly pursued by smugglers. That is the mix-up Billy gets into. Safety is reached in the most unconventional and amusing way. SB/756 Jackie's Fire Brigade. Our Gang unknowingly discover the secret store of a bootlegger, which they take for use as a fire engine. Soon the alarm is sounded and away they dash. Their good intentions are not in vain for the police investigate their "water ' supply and capture the bootlegger too, thanks to the imps. SB/759 Your Money or Your Life ! From the very beginning Paul proves himself a handyman to have about the place, especially out West where he is expert at foiling thieves who would steal if Paul would not get in the vv'ay so often. SB/760 Rolling Around. Charlie Chaplin is a regular visitor to the local roller-skating rink though his method of entrance is a little unorthodox. Before long he is acting the gallant knight again, shielding from the odious attentions of a fat man, a shy young girl whose prowess on skates is onlj' slightly less than his own Of course, the cops have to break up all the fun in the end, but Charlie makes his getav^ray on twelve \vheels this time ! An extract from the Mutual film, " The Rink.