1928SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
SLAPSTICK COMEDY MYSTERY HORROR - WEIRD, BIZARRE, HAPPENINGS OCCUR IN MANSION, WITH COMIC LOOKING MONSTER ON ROLLER SKATES GLIDES ACROSS FLOOR INTO AND OUT OF SECRET PANELS IN WALLS, HARASSING OCCUPANTS OF MANSION, COMIC SCOTLAND YARD DETECTIVE IN KILTS COMES TO RESCUE, FINDS MANSION IS REALLY INSANE ASYLUM.
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"THE SILENCE THAT SURROUNDS THE MYSTERIOUS FRISBIE HOME WAS SHOT TO PIECES WHEN" - MS MAID IN KITCHEN BREAKS OPEN EGG ON STOVE TOP WHICH SUDDENLY GROWS INTO A FULL GROWN CHICKEN. oddity, trick photography
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| 01:40:46 13.33 |
MS MAID RAISES HER ARMS IN HORROR, RUNS TO LIVING ROOM TO TELL THE FRISBIES. MAID FRISBIE, EXPRESS HORROR AS MAID DEMONSTRABLY DESCRIBES SCENE IN KITCHEN.
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| 01:40:52 19.33 |
MS BLACK BUTLER COMBS HIS HAIR IN FRONT OF MIRROR OF BEDROOM, IS STARTLED AT REFLECTION HE SEES THROUGH MIRROR. MS PAIR OF MEN'S PANTS, SHOES, DOING TAP DANCE ON DRESSER. oddity, trick photography.
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| 01:41:13 40.33 |
BLACK BUTLER RUNS INTO LIVING ROOM TO TELL THE FRISBIES AS MAID JUST FINISHES TELLING HER HORROR STORY. CU COMICAL LOOKING MONSTER SLOWLY RAISES, BALD HEAD FIRST, THEN BUSHY FUZZY HAIRED EYEBROW, MOUSTACHE. BEARD, ROUND BLACK RIMMED GLASSES..
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| 01:41:25 52.33 |
MAID, BUTLER, FRISBIES, CRINGE IN SOFA AS MONSTER GLIDES ACROSS ROOM (ON ROLLER SKATES) IN FRONT OF THEM THEN, DISAPPEARS BEHIND SECRET SLIDING WALL PANEL
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| 01:41:41 68.33 |
MR. FRISBIE GETS UP GOES TO TABLE WITH TELEPHONE, CIRCA 1920S, TELLS THE REST, "IT'S USELESS TO CALL THE POLICE, "I'LL CABLE SCOTLAND YARD". AS HE SPEAKS. MONSTER MOVES PHONE OUT OF REACH, THAN DUCKS AWAY. MS FRISBIE SHOWS SURPRISE WHEN HE SEES PHONE IS NOT IN FRONT OF HIM.
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| 01:41:58 85.33 |
CU FRISBIE'S HAND TAPPING OUT TELEGRAM ON MORSE CODE.
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| 01:42:01 88.33 |
SIGN "SCOTLAND YARD" - OUTRAGEOUS SCENE PICKET FENCE SURROUNDS OUTDOOR YARD WITH SCOTTISH MEN IN KILTS AIMLESSLY RUNNING ABOUT, AND MAN IN KILTS, UNIFORM, STANDING ON FLAGPOLE, PEERING THROUGH RIFLE BARREL LIKE A TELESCOPE. IRIS SHOT MESSENGER ON CHILD'S SCOOTER PEDALLING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TOWARDS CAMERA.. POV "TELESCOPE" (RIFLE).
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| 01:42:19 106.33 |
MESSENGER PLACES MESSAGE IN SUCTION TUBE WHICH EMPTIES INTO HAND OF YARDMASTER SEATED AT DESK UNDER BEACH UMBRELLA. CU MESSAGE FROM FRISBIE.
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| 01:42:43 130.33 |
YARDMASTER RINGS EMERGENCY BELL ON DESK, GROUP SCOTS INSIDE PICKET FENCE LINE UPAS YARD MASTER ENTERS "YARD"
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| 01:42:52 139.33 |
CU COMIC LOOKING YARDMASTER PUTS HIS HAND OVER 1HIS EYES. DOES AN, "EENIE, "MEENIE, MINEE, MOE"
METHOD OF SELECTION, INCLUDING HIMSELF, IN PICKING A "DETECTIVE" FROM THE MOTLEY GROUP[. |
| 01:43:04 151.33 |
"DETECTIVE" (CHARLEY) IN SCOTTISH GEAR, PICKS UP HIS BAGPIPES AND LUNCH CAN FROM BIN , BEGINS TO WALK OFF, THEN SAYS, "I NEARLY FORGOT MACGREGOR".
GOES BACK TO SHELF PICKS UP LITTLE MATCH BOX. CU MATCH BOX OPENS TINY INSECT-LIKE PERSON IN KILTS JUMPS OUT. "GET READY, MAC - WE'RE GOING TO AMERICA", SAYS CHARLEY. CU TINY MACGREGOR SALUTES, GETS BACK IN MATCH BOX, CLOSES IT.. |
| 01:43:55 202.33 |
PEOPLE BOARDING GANGWAY TO OCEAN LINER SHOW TICKETS TO OFFICIAL SEATED AT CASH REGISTER, THEN BOARD. MS CHARLEY, WITH HIS BAG PIPES ID STOPPED HE FLASHES HIS BADGE WHICH HAS A TELEPHONE DIAL IN CENTER OF A STAR. IS LET ON BOARD. CU CASH REGISTER RINGS UP "NO SALE".
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| 01:44:18 225.33 |
MLS OCEAN LINER SAILING R TO L TOWARDS AMERICA.
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| 01:44:23 230.33 |
MLS PASSENGERS DEBARKING LINER "SS. HOOT MON"
(WRITTEN ON GANGWAY). LAST OFF IS CHARLEY IN SCOT UNIFORM, BAGPIPES. CHARLEY ASKS OLD WOMAN EXITING CAB, DIRECTIONS. CAB DRIVER SAYS "I'LL TAKE YA!" FORCEFULLY PUSHES HIM INTO CAB , CIRCA 1920S. |
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CU CHARLIE SEATED IN CAB SEAT FACING CAMERA, STARTS TO PLAY HIS PIPES. music, ethnic. MCU CAB DRIVER AT WHEEL FACING CAMERA, LEANS FORWARD THINKING BAG PIPES MUSIC WAS NOISE IN ENGINE, STOPS CAR. CHARLEY IN B/G PLAYING PIPES.
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| 01:45:01 268.33 |
DRIVER GETS OUT OF VINTAGE CAR, OPENS HOOD, CU OILS ENGINE. REALIZES NOISE CAME FROM BAG PIPES, TELLS CHARLEY TO STOP, CONTINUES TO DESTINATION.
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| 01:45:24 291.33 |
MS CHARLEY IN BACK SEAT, FACING CAMERA, GOES INTO SHOCK WHEN HE SEES METER ON CAB, DRIVER IN F/G DRIVING. CU FARE ON METER. CHARLEY COMPLAINS DRIVER ANGRILY SAYS, "THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO PAY". CHARLEY STARTS TO CRY AS COST ON METER RISES (CU).
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| 01:45:54 321.33 |
MS CHARLEY THINKS OF SCHEME NOT TO PAY DRIVER, MS CHARLEY BLOWS UP BAG PIPES, DRIVES ICE PICK INTO IT. DRIVER THINKS HE HAS A FLAT, GETS OUT TO INSPECT TIRES, CHARLEY RUNS OFF WITHOUT PAYING.
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| 01:46:21 348.33 |
MLS ANGRY CAB DRIVER PULLS CAR DOOR OFF HINGE, SLAMS IT TO GROUND, JUMPS UP AND DOWN ON IT.
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| 01:46:29 356.33 |
LS CHARLEY RUNS UP TO HAUNTED FRISBIE HOUSE.
RINGS BELL. BLACK BUTLER GRABS MAID BY HAND, BOTH GO TO ANSWER DOORBELL, AS YOUNG WOMAN AND OLD FRISBIE STAY SEATED SEAT IN SOFA. |
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BUTLER OPENS LOWER PART OF TWO PART DOOR, UPPER AND LOWER), HE SEES SHIRT (KILT) AND LEGS, SAYS, "IT'S A LADY" CLOSES DOOR. MAID OPENS UPPER PART OF DOOR, SAYS, "IT'S A MAN". CHARLEY IS FINALLY LET IN AFTER SEVERAL OPENINGS AND CLOSINGS.
CHARLEY ENTERS WITH CLOWN NOSE, DERBY HAT DISGUISE. |
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CHARLEY ENTERS LIVING ROOM, REMOVES DISGUISE, SHOWS BADGE AND CARD TO OLD MAN FRISBIE. CU CARD, "CHARLEY MACNEESHA, SCOTLAND YARD". AS CHARLEY SPEAKS TO OLD MAN THE HOUSE MONSTER, ROLLS BY HIM SEVERAL TIMES, UNSEEN TO CHARLIE. MS COMIC MONSTER PLAYING TUNE ON OLD WASH BOARD.
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| 01:47:42 429.33 |
MS WEIRD CHARACTER (MONSTER) TOWARDS CAMERA WITH MOP AND BROOM IN HAND. CHARLEY SEES HIM, ASKS OLD MAN "THAT'S IT?" (THE PROBLEM)..
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| 01:48:00 447.33 |
MS AS CHARLEY EXAMINES WALL PANEL, ANOTHER PANEL OPENS, MONSTER KICKS CHARLEY IN REAR END, DUCKS DISAPPEARS BEHIND WALL PANEL, CHARLEY KICKS OLD MAN IN REAR, THINKING HE DID IT TO HIM. slapstick VARIOUS SCENES MONSTER PULLING CHARACTERS BEHIND PANELS, GLIDING ACROSS ROOMS INTO SECRET DOORS AS CHARLEY PURSUES, PRAT FALLS.
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| 01:48:11 458.33 |
MCU STEREO-TYPICAL WIDE-EYED BLACK BUTLER AND MAID PEERING FROM BEHIND CURTAIN, CHARACTERS BEING KICKED IN REAR ENDS, HIT ON HEAD, BACK SIDES WITH OBJECTS, ALL IN PURSUIT OF STRANGE CHARACTER WHO WALKS OR GLIDES ACROSS ROOMS, CARRYING ALL KINDS OF OBJECTS.
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| 01:49:27 534.33 |
CHARLIE ALMOST HITS YOUNG WOMAN COMING OUT OF DOOR WITH FLOWER POT, GETS ACQUAINTED WITH HER, SHOWS HER HIS TINY ASSISTANT IN MATCH BOX.
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| 01:49:50 557.33 |
CU TINY CHARACTER (INSECT ?) ASLEEP ON TINY PILLOW IN BOX. GETS UP TO CHARLEY'S COMMAND, JUMPS OUT WITH MAGNIFYING GLASS IN HAND, BEGINS LOOKING AROUND FOR CLUES AS CHARLEY, GIRL WATCH HIM UNDER MAGNIFYING GLASS. OLD MAN ROLLS UP IN TOY WAGON, GETS OUT, WAGON ROLLS TO, EVAPORATES THROUGH WALL, MORE OF CHARACTERS APPEARING, DISAPPEARING BEHIND WALL PANELS.
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| 01:50:54 621.33 |
WEIRD CHARACTER PULLS CHARLEY THROUGH PANEL, HE COMES SLIDING OUT OF FIREPLACE WITH PAIL OVER HEAD,
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| 01:50:57 624.33 |
BLACK BUTLER IN ROOM WITH PACKED SUITCASE, "I'SE HAD MY LAST SCARE - I AIN'T GONNA STAY NO MO"!"
AS HE LEAVES ROOM OUR WEIRD MONSTER ROLLS HAND TRUCK WITH STOVE ON IT, ACROSS ROOM. racial stereo-typing". |
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CU CHARLEYS TINY ASSISTANT HAS TO USE BEAN SHOOTER TO GET CHARLIES ATTENTION TO A CLUE.
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| 01:52:47 734.33 |
COMIC CHARACTER COMES FROM BEHIND SECRET PANEL, SPEAKING ON TELEPHONE, CIRCA 1920S, TOWARDS CAMERA AS CHARLEY TURNS HEAD, GIRL IS DRAGGED INTO HIDDEN ROOM BEHIND WALL PANEL BY CREATURE.
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| 01:53:07 754.33 |
MS VARIOUS SCENES CREATURE PLAYING BASE FIDDLE, RIDING WOODEN HORSE, FIRING BENT RIFLE, CAUSING STUFFED GOAT FALLS TO GROUND FROM CEILING. MS CHARLEY AND CREATURE FIGHT WITH BOXING GLOVES.
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CREATURE FIRING HUGE CANNON AT CHARLEY, CANNON BALL ROLLS OUT OF CANNON BARREL. CHARLEY FINALLY STOPS CREATURE, HOLDS HIM AT BAY WITH BLUNDERBUST (RIFLE).
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| 01:54:08 815.33 |
CU GRANDFATHER CLOCK READS 6:00 P. M. CAT COMES OUT SAYS, "COO - COO". CHARLEY SAYS "IT MAY BE FIVE O'CLOCK HERE, BUT IT IS TEN O'CLOCK IN SCOTLAND", "I'M GONNA BED". HE LEAVES, CREATURE RUNS OFF.
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| 01:54:48 855.33 |
CHARLIE GOES TO BED SEES WILD THINGS IN ROOM, HIS BAGPIPES STAND UP AND WALK AWAY, WATER POURS OUT ONTO HIM FROM SEASCAPE. BED SHAKES.
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| 01:55:46 913.33 |
CHARLEY WAKES UP IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION, SUDDENLY FALLS TO FLOOR.
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CHARLEY TRIES TO MAKE CALL TO POLICE, PHONE STRETCHES UP AND DOWN. MAKING IT HARD FOR CHARLEY TO SPEAK IN IT. CHARLEY CLIMES STRETCHED TELEPHONE TO CEILING..
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| 01:57:00 987.33 |
MS TWO ELDERLY WOMEN ENTER SAY, :WHEN WE MOVED AWAY WE FORGOT SOMETHING". THEY YELL OUT, "GRANDPA". CREATURE COMES OUT IN TOP HAT AND CAPE.
HUGS THE TWO WOMEN. CHARLEY ASKS WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, YOUNG WOMAN TELLS HIM, "WHY, THIS IS THE DAFFYDILL SANITARIUM - THESE ARE ALL PATIENTS, AREN'T YOU ONE?". CHARLEY SHOWS HER HIS LETTER OF INTRODUCTION. SHE TELLS HIM SHE IS THE NURSE. |
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CHARLEY WITH A CHILD IN EACH ARM AND HIS WIFE, THE NURSE AT HIS SIDE, ALL DRESSED IN SCOTTISH KILTS, WALK DOWN BUST BUSINESS SECTION, SHE STOPS TO LOOK AT BABY CARRIAGES IN STORE WINDOW, HE REMARKS, "LET 'EM WALK, IT'S CHEAPER." THEY ALL WALK HAND IN HAND AWAY FROM CAMERA, CHARLEY LOOKS BACK AT HIS ASSISTANT INSECT WITH WIFE, TWO CHILDREN, ALL IN KILTS DOING SAME.
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