Revised list of high-class original motion picture films (1908)

COMEDY. boy resolves to avenge himself, and going out on the public road he purchases a supply of itch pollen, which he slyly blows down the necks of the various guests. The result is a severe itching of the cuticle, and the entire party soon experience great discomfiture, to the delight of the bad boy. Many ludicrous experiences witnessed throughout the festivities. Very amusing and good detail. U. D. 3163. park-keeper. Price, $37.20. Approximate Length, 310 feet. An amusing comedy, and relates very accurately the experiences of a park keeper with a couple of mischievous lads. The two boys are bathing in the little lake in the park when the keeper appears and orders them out, whereupon they proceed to throw water at him. Taking up their clothes from the ground he walks away, with the boys following at a distance. Meeting a visitor in the park, the two engage in conversation, when the boys sneak up from behind, and, tripping up both men, gather up their clothes and depart in haste. A chase follows, but the lads elude the keeper by climbing over an iron guard. Soon after we see the keeper, in company with a soldier, stop at an inn and partake of a social drink, when one of the boys pours water over them from a vine close by. Following a chase leading into the fields, in which the boys are again successful in accomplishing their escape, we see the keeper lie down next to a scarecrow and go sound asleep. Here the boys come upon him, and taking apart the scarecrow one of them dons the clothes, and with sticks they belabor their victim and then assume the figure of the scarecrow. Several repetitions and the boys disclose their identity, and another chase follows. Tired and disgusted, the keeper gives up in despair, and lies down near the roadbed, removing his shoes to rest his feet. The boys soon look him up, and catching a dog they tie up the shoes and fasten them to the collar on the dog's neck. To the keeper they fasten a string of tinware of every description, and waking him up they start the dog down the road. Impeded by the trail of debris, the unfortunate fellow is unable to catch the dog, and so loses his shoes; also is the object of much ridicule. He now resorts to a ruse to catch his tormentors, and lying down in a cluster of weeds he feigns sleep when the boys come upon him. Grown reckless by the success of their ventures, they are easily caught, and the series closes with an enlarged view of the keeper holding his captives by the ears, much to his own delight and their discomfiture. A continuous round of laughter. U. D. 3191. CRAZED BY A FAD. Price, $34.44. Approximate Length, 287 feet. An interesting parody on Diabolo. The subject opens with a dining room scene, the entire family, parents and two children, seated at the table and partaking ox tht noon-day meal. Following the announcement of a visitor, we see the aunt enter and, endowed with a philanthropic spirit, she has brought for the amusement of the children the game of Diabolo. The father endeavors to demonstrate to the children the use of the top and breaks the lamp shade. Later we see him in the sleeping room, where, in the course of time, everything possible to break is demolished. Filled with regret at the havoc here wrought, the parent moves on to the dining room, where mother and children are gathered at the table eating supper with a feeling akin to fright. They immediately leave the room and stand at the doorway looking on with bated breath. Shortly the various decorations and bric-a-brac, as also china, is in ruins on the floor, and driven to desperation by the devastation caused by the frenzied husband, the mother wades in, and, confiscating the Diabolo set, ejects the husband bodily. Very amusing, and good detail is shown in every phase. 126