1925SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
WITH MADGE KIRBY, JAMES WELSH, JACK RICHARDSON, VERNON DENT, HANK MANN.
JUNK COLLECTOR POSES AS A COUNT, GOES TO A SOCIETY DINNER,
FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE DAUGHTER.
JUNK COLLECTOR POSES AS A COUNT, GOES TO A SOCIETY DINNER,
FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE DAUGHTER.
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MAN PUTS ON A TIE IN FRONT OF MIRROR IN JUNK YARD OFFICE
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JUNK YARD OWNER, BOTTLE RECYCLING. BOTTLES PILED HIGH IN COMPARTMENTS. CALLS WORKER OUT.
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WORKER TAKES HIS TIME TYING HIS TIE. HE WALKS OUT OF THE MIRROR, MOVING DUMMY, MANNEQUIN OUT OF THE WAY.
SIGHT GAGS. |
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STANDING WITH THE MANNEQUIN OUTSIDE, JUNK YARD OWNER LOSES HIS TEMPER, TAKES A SWING, HITS THE MANNEQUIN HURTING HIS HAND
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MAN CROUCHED DOWN LOOKING INTO PILE OF SACKS, BOSS WALKS OVER AND KICKS HIM IN THE REAR END. WORKER TELLS HIM HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING. BOSS DRAGS HIM UP & ORDERS HIM TO GET TO WORK
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BOSS YAWNS AND STRETCHES, FINDS A PLACE TO TAKE A NAP.
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JUNK YARD WORKER TIES ROPE AROUND A SACK. PICKS UP HEAVY ANVIL AND CLIMBS UP LADDER INTO BARN LOFT. TIES OTHER END OF THE ROPE AROUND THE ANVIL, DROPS IT OUT THE WINDOW, THE SACK IS LIFTED UP INTO THE BARN.
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CLIMBS DOWN AND DOES IT ALL OVER. WOULD BE EASIER JUST TO CARRY THE SACKS UP, BUT HE THINKS HE'S BEING CLEVER! MAKES MUCH MORE WORK FOR HIMSELF THAN NEED BE.
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BOSS COMES OVER AND WANTS TO KNOW WHY IT'S TAKING HIM SO LONG TO BRING THE SACKS UP INTO THE BARN LOFT.
WORKER PICKS THE ANVIL UP, CLIMBS THE LADDER, SPITS ON HIS HANDS, DROPS THE ANVIL OUT THE WINDOW. THE ANVIL HITS HIS BOSS IN THE HEAD AND KNOCKS HIM OUT. |
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INTERIOR OF A HOME. WIFE AT DESK DOING PAPERWORK.
HUSBAND PUTS MONOCLE ON TO READ PAPERS. WIFE SHOWS HIM PAPERS. HE PULLS HIS POCKETS INSIDE OUT TO SHOW HE HAS NO MONEY WIFE THROWS HER HANDS UP IN DISGUST & WALKS AWAY |
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SNEAKY MAN PULLS OUT HIDDEN MONEY FROM POCKET WATCH POCKET TAKES OFF MONOCLE
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MAN PUTS HIS HAT ON AND LEAVES THE HOUSE, GETS INTO 1920s CAR AND DRIVES OFF
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| 00:58:12 302 |
JUNK COLLECTOR DRIVES DOWN THE ROAD CUPPING HIS MOUTH AND SHOUTING. SPOTS A CAN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, STOPS THE CAR, USES A MAGNET ON A FISHING POLE TO GET THE CAN WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THE CAR, THROWS THE CAN IN THE BACK WITH OTHER JUNK. SPOTS A METAL CAN, USES THE MAGNET TO EMPTY THE CAN AND LIFT IT TO HIM.
"FISHING FOR JUNK" |
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THROWS MAGNET IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIRCLE OF METAL JUNK, JUNK ATTRACTED TO THE MAGNET MOVE TOWARD IT.
JUNK MAN GETS 7 OR 8 PIECES OF JUNK AT ONE TIME. |
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WELL-TO-DO WOMAN TAKING A WALK STOPS FOR A DRINK FROM WATER FOUNTAIN. JUNK MAN STOPS HIS WAGON, THROWS HIS MAGNET FISHING POLE LINE AND CATCHES A SAFETY PIN HOLDING THE WOMAN'S SKIRT UP.
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WOMAN WALKS AWAY, HER SKIRT FALLS OFF WITHOUT HER KNOWING.
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MAN PARKS HIS 1920s CAR, SEES WOMAN WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK IN HER PETTICOATS, NO SKIRT ON. INTRIGUED, JUMPS OUT OF HIS CAR AND FOLLOWS HER & COMPLIMENTS HER ON HER BREEZY STYLE SHE LOOKS DOWN, IS SHOCKED, RUNS AWAY & HIDES IN THE BUSHES
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MAN GRABS A BLANKET FROM HIS CAR AND GIVES IT TO HER TO COVER UP WITH. SHE WRAPS HERSELF UP IN THE BLANKET AND GIVES HIM A KISS. HE OFFERS HER A RIDE HOME, SHE LINKS ARMS WITH HIM, THEY GET IN THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF
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JUNK COLLECTOR IN HIS WAGON SEES A JUNKED CAR, INQUIRES, MAN SELLS HIM THE CAR FOR 50 CENTS.
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MAN DRIVING WOMAN HOME PULLS OUT BUSINESS CARD, SHE CLUTCHES HER CHEST IN AWE. IMPRESSED BY THE MAN.
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CAR PARTS DROPPING OFF BOTTOM OF THE CAR ONTO THE ROAD
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JUNK COLLECTOR DRIVES HIS WAGON TOWING A CAR BEHIND HIM. SPOTS ALL THE CAR PARTS IN THE ROAD, PICKS THE PARTS UP AND PUTS IN HIS WAGON.
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MEANWHILE, THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT LOST ALL ITS PARTS PULLS OVER TO THE CURB, REALIZES THE CAR HAS FALLEN APART
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JUNK COLLECTOR FIXES UP HIS CAR WITH THE PARTS HE FOUND IN THE STREET. UNTIES THE ROPE. SETS THE HORSE AND WAGON FREE.
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CRANK STARTS HIS NEW FIXED UP CAR. CAR SHAKES, HE IMITATES THE SHAKE, GETS IN AND DRIVES OFF
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COMES UPON THE CAR THAT LOST ALL ITS PARTS, STOPS TO SEE IF HE CAN HELP. THE WOMAN GETS INTO HIS CAR AND THEY DRIVE OFF LEAVING THE OTHER DRIVER STRANDED, HE SHAKES HIS FIST
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WORKER TAKING A BREAK READS NEWSPAPER. SOCIETY PAGE ANNOUNCEMENT WOMAN WILL WEAR $10,000 PEARL NECKLACE TO A PARTY. HE GETS UP, GRABS HIS JACKET
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JUNK COLLECTOR IN HIS NEW CAR DROPS OFF SOCIETY GIRL AT HER HOUSE. SHE GIVES HIM HER BROACH IN PAYMENT FOR HIS KINDNESS. HE TASTES THE METAL TO SEE IF IT'S VALUABLE, THROWS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND HANGS HIS JUNK SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND DRIVES OFF
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INTERIOR HECTIC MANSION. BUTLER DUSTING. MAN OF THE HOUSE MOPPING. GETTING THE HOUSE READY FOR A SOIREE.
GIRL SHOWS HER PARENTS BUSINESS CARD. THEY LOOK IMPRESSED. SHE TELLS THEM SHE INVITED HIM TO THE PARTY. |
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WOMAN GIVES JUNK COLLECTOR PAIR OF OLD PANTS OUT HER WINDOW HE TURNS AROUND, SEARCHES THE POCKETS FINDS A FOLDED UP PIECE OF PAPER, GIVES IT TO HER
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HER DOG JUMPS OUT THE WINDOW AND CHASES JUNK MAN, HE CLIMBS FENCE TO ESCAPE, DOG BITES HIM IN THE REAR END. WOMAN YELLS AT THE DOG TO STOP. MAN RUNS AROUND THE YARD WITH THE DOG HOLDING ONTO THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS. FINALLY HE ESCAPES.
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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE HE SEES HIS PANTS ARE RIPPED, HE PUTS ON THE PANTS SHE GAVE HIM OVER HIS OTHER PANTS. WAY TOO BIG FOR HIM. GETS IN THE CAR, GESTURES AS IF HE HAD REIGNS IN HIS HANDS AND DRIVES OFF
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STOPS TO HELP OLD MAN CARRYING HEAVY BARREL OF ICE.
PUTS PIECE OF ICE DOWN MAN'S BACK, HE JUMPS. THEY CARRY THE ICE BARREL TO THE MAN'S HOME. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. HE PULLS OUT BUSINESS CARD FROM THE DONATED PANTS. WELL-TO-DO MAN THINKS HE'S THE MAN HIS DAUGHTER INVITED TO THE PARTY. TELLS HIM THEY'RE EXPECTING HIM AT THE PARTY. |
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MAN GETTING READY FOR A PARTY. TAKES PANTS OUT OF THE PRESSER. PUTS PANTS ON
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MAN KNOCKS ON MANSION DOOR, INTRODUCES HIMSELF, TELLS HIM THAT HE NEEDS HIM TO WATCH HIS DAUGHTER'S PEARLS AT THE PARTY
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MAN GETTING READY TO GO TO A PARTY, BRUSHES HIS HAIR
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APPROACHES MAN ON THE STREET TO BUY HIS TOP HAT. MAN SELLS IT TO HIM AND PULLS OUT ANOTHER TOP HAT, PUTS IT ON AND WALKS AWAY
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SOCIETY BALL. COUPLES DANCING IN LARGE BALL ROOM.
GUEST IS ANNOUNCED. IMPOSTER WALKS DOWN STAIRCASE AND FALLS. |
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GIRL REALIZES HE'S AN IMPOSTER. TELLS HIM SO. HAND GRABS HIM FROM BEHIND CURTAIN AND PULLS HIM INTO THE ROOM.
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ANGRY FATHER BEATS HIM UP. WHEN TWO LADIES APPROACH, HE PRETENDS TO BE DANCING WITH HIM. THE MAN TRIES TO ESCAPE WITH THE LADIES BUT THE ANGRY FATHER PULLS HIM BACK & BEATS HIM SOME MORE
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DAUGHTER COMES IN AND SAVES HIM FROM HER FATHER
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1920s SOCIETY BALL. COUPLES DANCING IN BALLROOM.
COUPLE DANCING THE SHIMMY, MAN THINKS WOMAN IS COLD, PUTS HIS JACKET AROUND HER SHOULDERS. SOCIAL FAUX- PAS. MAN THROWS JACKET AT HIM. 1920s DANCES. |
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BUTLER ENTERS, ANNOUNCES DINNER. GUESTS CHARGE FOR THE DINING ROOM, STAMPEDE, KNOCKING THE BUTLER DOWN
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SOCIALLY INEPT DINNER GUEST SQUIRTS HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH GRAPEFRUIT. JUMPS UP, USES BUTLER'S TIE TO DRY HIS EYES. SALUTES HIM. TELLS GIRL HE USED TO BE HIS CAPTAIN
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FRANTIC MAN ARRIVES HOME LATE FOR DINNER PARTY. LOOKS AROUND FOR HIS DRESS PANTS, SHE TELLS HIM SHE SOLD THEM TO THE JUNK MAN HE RACES OUT OF THE HOUSE
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1920s SOCIETY DINNER PARTY. BUTLER SERVES PEAS.
SOCIALLY INEPT MAN USES HIS KNIFE TO EAT PEAS. HAS A HARD TIME, PULLS OUT "QUEER'S PATENT PEA DICER" AND DICES UP HIS PEAS. IMPRESSES MAN OF THE HOUSE WITH HIS INGENUITY. |
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MAN PULLS OUT PAIR OF EARMUFFS, PUTS ON WHILE EATING A ROUND SLICE OF WATERMELON.
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CLEAVER THIEF CHARMS MAN OF THE HOUSE AS HE STEALS PEARLS FROM HIS DAUGHTER'S NECK. HIDES PEARLS IN VASE
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MAN ARRIVES LATE FOR DINNER PARTY. CAUSES A COMMOTION AS HE CHASES JUNK MAN AROUND ROOM. SHOWS HIS BUSINESS CARD AROUND, DEMANDS HIS PANTS BACK. MAN TAKES HIS PANTS OFF RIGHT THERE
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EMBARRASSED MAN RUNS OUT OF THE HOUSE, JUMPS OVER FENCE, LANDS IN A PAIR OF PANTS HANGING ON THE LAUNDRY LINE, TAKES THE JACKET AND HAT ALSO HANGING AND RUNS AWAY
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DINNER PARTY GUESTS ALL GET SOMETHING TO THROW AND CHASE THE MAN OUT INTO THE STREET.
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DAUGHTER GETS IN THE CAR WITH THE JUNK MAN WHO CATCHES ITEMS THROWN AT HIM. MAN THROWS THE VASE CONTAINING THE $10,000 PEARL NECKLACE, VASE BREAKS OVER HIS HEAD, NECKLACE LANDS UP AROUND HIS NECK. HE PUTS THE NECKLACE BACK ON HER AND THEY KISS
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FILM ENDS
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