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SB/761 The Count. Charlie Chaplin, lately sacked by his gigantic tailor
boss, both find themselves at a party wearing false colours, the boss posing as a count, while Charlie is induced to masquerade as his secretary. There are endless openings for brilliant and amusing slapstick at the posh party, but things are not helped by the eventual arrival of the real count. Adapted from the Mutual film.
SB/763 Waiter ! Charlie Chaplin as a waiter is something the restaurant
has never had to contend with before. Watch him mix those drinks and serve that obstreperous big fellow over there. Here slapstick is allied to dexterity, and the laughs leave you quite breathless. Another extract from the Mutual film " The Rink."
SB/764 A Joyous Journey. Our gang takes the place of four small lads
who have run away from home, and are being taken back whether they like it or not. What fun the impish imposters have being taken away from their home. Imagine their conductor's horror on finding they have to be taken all the way back, by train again.
SB/766 Sporting Paul. Paul Parrott as a baseball fan I Having lost the
entrance money to the great match between the "Tigers" and the "Bees ', Paul does not mean to miss seeing the g^me. He tries all sorts of dodges to watch his team, but bad luck and the stadium attendant are ever-present. A handy hose-pipe gives him an idea. A "rainstorm" clears a part of the ground and Paul gets in with a discarded ticket. His enthusiasm makes him overbalance and he falls out of the ground. So it goes on, until Paul appears as a player. What an exhibition he gives before running out of the ground to wed his girl friend Daisy.
SB/771 Sky High. The "inside story" of a creche, or Mothers' Aid
Department. Gussie and Archibald lose one of their charges and have much difficulty in effecting its return from the top of a skyscraper. Then they wake up to find it's all a dream.
SB/8 1 2 Accidents Will Happen. Alfred and Jules, victims of an auto
mobile accident, are taken to the clinic of the great Doctor Pankrass and are subjected to severe treatment due to their flirtation with the nurse.
SB/815 Panic ! Two irresponsible garage hands obtain a position in the
local stores and lead the proprietor and the customers a merry dance.
SB/823 Conjuror James. James is the star turn of the touring variety
company, but his efforts to keep the locals amused are doomed to failure though he tries ever so hard.
SB/833 Our Gang Out for Fun. Our Gang is forced to stay with a
friend until all danger of an epidemic is passed. During their stay, the rascals well nigh wreck the home with their impish tricks.
SB/835 Snub, the Oil Magnate. Oil beneath the ranch is nothing to Snub
until a smart chappie tries to do a deal that covers only paying for the land. Snub wakes up to become a big figure in the oil industry, diamond buttons, fine car and much else.
SB/836 Crazy Villa. In the absence of their uncle, two spritely young
fellows visit his home and find it occupied by some very strange spirits that pop up from unexpected quarters and startle the visitors and their friends.
SB/847 Snub, the Ferry-Boat Man. Snub is doing badly with his ferry
and his creditors until he befriends a Miss Robson. In return, the girl stages a bathing belle party and spectators have to use the ferry . . . until a swordfish thinks differently.
SB/848 Our Pet, the Baby. Mother thinks Baby is a darling, but Father
has quite a different experience Vi^hen he is left at home to look after the infant. To stop the youngster from howling down the house, papa becomes more and more ingenious.