1924SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
WITH BILLY BEVAN, ANDY CLYDE, MADELINE HURLOCK & MARION MCDONALD. SLAPSTICK COMEDY OF ERRORS.
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OPENING SHOT OF SLAPSTICK COMEDIAN. TWO POOR CHARACTERS CHAT AS THEY WORK. ONE HOSES DOWN ELEPHANT. UNEXPECTADLY SHOOTS WATER FROM THE HOSE INTO THE FACE OF THE CIRCUS OWNER, COMEDY OF ERRORS.
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TWO MEN COMICALLY HOSE DOWN A LARGE CIRCUS ELEPHANT.
THE CIRCUS BOSS RING MASTER CHASES MAN AWAY FOR SPRAYING HIM WITH WATER. |
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CIRCUS BEAUTY "MADAME STELLA" ROCKS A BABY CRIB. MEAN RING MASTER WALKS IN AND DEMANDS THAT SHE PREPARE "INFANT" TO GET IN THE CIRCUS RING. WOMAN DRESSED IN LARGE TUTU WITH HEART SEWN ON THE FRONT BIB, PUSHES RING MASTER.
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SMALL CIRCUS MONKEY DRESSED IN BABY CLOTHES AND BONNET SITS UP IN IT'S CRIB. SMALL MONKEY TAKES BABY BOTTLE BEING FED TO IT. THROWS ITS MILK BOTTLE AT RING MASTER. BOTTLE BREAKS AND MILK RUNS DOWN MAN'S FACE AND SUIT.
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BABY CIRCUS MONKEY CLIMBS OUT OF ITS CRIB DRESSED IN
LITTLE SUIT AND RIPS THE BONNET FROM IT'S HEAD. RUNS AWAY. |
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LITTLE MONKEY APPEARS IN THE DRESSING ROOM OF RING MASTER. RING MASTER DRESSES FOR SHOW. LITTLE MONKEY CRAWLS INTO THE HIGH LEATHER BOOT OF THE RING MASTER.
TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY-REVERSE PLAYBACK. |
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RING MASTER CAUSES A HUGE COMMOTION WHEN HE PUTS ON HIS BOOT. THE MONKEY GRABS THE MANS TOES. CIRCUS CLOWN RUNS TO THE AID OF THE TORMENTED RING MASTER AND CHOPS OFF THE TOE OF HIS BOOT. FROM OPEN TOE BOOT IS REVEALED THE MONKEY TAIL.
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DEVILISH LITTLE MONKEY CLIMBS BACK INTO THE MAN'S BOOT AND STARTS TO DANCE AROUND. TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY.
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LITTLE MONKEY, HIDING IN A BOOT, JUMPS AWAY AND SCARES A CIRCUS PERFORMER, DRESSED IN A ROMAN SOLDIER UNIFORM, STANDING GUARD OUTSIDE CIRCUS DRESSING ROOM.
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RING MASTER THINKS HE FINDS HIS MISSING BOOT LAYING PARTIALLY COVERED UNDER THE SKIRT OF CIRCUS TENT. MAN LIFTS A LARGE WOODEN MALLET HAMMER AND SWING IT DOWN HARD ON THE BOOT, HOPING TO KILL MONKEY INSIDE.
ACCIDENTALLY BREAKS THE FOOT OF A FELLOW CIRCUS PERFORMER. MAN HOLDS HIS FOOT IN AGONY WHILE PAIN SHOOTS ACROSS HIS FACE. |
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FAMILIES WALKING INTO A CIRCUS TENT TO CATCH THE SHOW.
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INSIDE THE CIRCUS TENT, A WHITE STALLION WITH WOMAN RIDER RUNS AROUND THE RING MASTER.
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CIRCUS PERFORMER, GUS BARNUM SITS HIGH ATOP THE RING
PREPARING FOR AN ACROBATIC PERFORMANCE. |
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CIRCUS RING MASTER CRACKING HIS WHIP IN THE RING.
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CIRCUS PERFORMER PREPARING FOR AN ACROBATIC PERFORMANCE. MOVES HIGH AROUND THE BIG TOP ON SWING LIKE CONTRAPTION BEING HELD IN BY A HARNESS.
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WHITE STALLION RIDER FALLS OFF THE BACK OF HORSE AND ROLLS INTO THE DIRT ON THE GROUND OF CIRCUS TENT.
CONCERNED RING MASTER LOOKS DOWN AT WOMAN. |
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PERFORMER JUMPS FROM HIS HARNESS CONTRAPTION AND ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON THE BACK OF RUNNING STALLION.
CIRCUS PERFORMER HOLDING ONTO THE TAIL OF THE HORSE AND BEING PULLED AROUND THE CIRCUS RING. CONTINUES TO SWING IN A CIRCLE TRYING TO CATCH THE TAIL OF THE HORSE. |
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RING MASTER JUMPS TO PULL MAN HANGING FROM RAFTERS AND SWINGING WILDLY AROUND IN CIRCLES, TO THE GROUND.
MEN COLLAPSE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. |
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PERFORMER CLIMBING TALL TOWER WITH A LONG RAMP. TOWER HAS A BICYCLE SITTING STATIONARY AT THE TOP. CIRCUS PERFORMER MOUNTS THE BICYCLE UNDER ORDERS FROM THE RING MASTER. WS OF THE TOWER.
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TIES HIS SUSPENDER STRAP AROUND POLE ON THE TOWER TO KEEP HIM STABLE. CIRCUS PERFORMER PEDDLING DOWN THE LONG, STEEP, DANGEROUS RAMP, HIS SUSPENDER CATCHES AND PULLS MAN RIGHT BACK UP THE SLIDE IN REVERSE (TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY). ONCE BACK AT THE TOP OF SLIDE, CLUMSY CIRCUS ACT ACCIDENTALLY PUSHES THE RING MASTER OFF THE TOWER.
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MAN PEDDLES DOWN THE SLIDE A SECOND TIME. FLIES THROUGH THE AIR HEAD OVER HEELS AND LANDS ON A TEETER TOTTER HOLDING AN ELEPHANT ON ONE END. ANIMATED ELEPHANT FLIES HEAD OVER HEELS IN THE AIR AND LANDS ON ITS HEAD. REAL ELEPHANT REPLACES THE ANIMATED ELEPHANT WHEN THE ELEPHANT LANDS, TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY CU ELEPHANT, STAR-LIKE IMAGES FLY AROUND THE ANIMALS HEAD.
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GROUP OF CIRCUS SPECTATORS LOOKING UP AT HIGH RISE ACT. THE RING MASTER POINTS TO A SMALL POOL OF WATER CEMENTED IN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DIVE TOWER. THE RING MASTER BLINDFOLDS PERFORMER. CROWDS CHEER AS CIRCUS PERFORMER BEGINS HIS ASCENT TO THE DIVE BOARD AT TOP OF TOWER.
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BLINDFOLDED MAN STANDING ON TOWER DIVE PLATFORM. RING MASTER BEGINS TO CRANK TOWER PLATFORM SKYWARDS.
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CIRCUS ELEPHANT WALKS INTO FRAME, STANDS DIRECTLY UNDER THE DIVE PLATFORM AND STARTS TO DRINK WATER FROM THE DIVE POOL. TIME LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWS THE ELEPHANTS TRUNK EMPTYING THE POOL OF WATER.
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PREPARES TO DIVE BLINDFOLDED. CIRCUS ACT TAKES LEAP OFF THE HIGH BOARD AND DIVES INTO AN EMPTY SHALLOW POOL. THE PERFOMER CRASHES INTO THE GROUND AND POPS UP OUT OF THE GROUND ON OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL.
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ANGRY RING MASTER CHASES THE PERFORMER INTO TENT.
TRAINED CIRCUS ELEPHANT ALSO CHASES MEN INTO TENT. TENT IS PULLED AWAY FROM ITS FOUNDATION DUE TO SIZE OF THE ELEPHANT. |
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MAN BALANCES ON TOP OF NUMEROUS DRUMS UNDER THE BIG TOP. CLOWNS HOLD THE DRUMS STEADY FROM THE GROUND. IN AN EXAGGERATED COMEDIC STYLE, CLYDE WIPES SWEAT FROM HIS HEAD AND WRINGS THE SOAKING TOWEL OVER THE HEADS OF THE CLOWNS BELOW.
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TEAM OF FOUR HORSES PULLING A CIRCUS WAGON FULL OF LIONS, COME RUNNING INTO THE CIRCUS TENT AT HIGH SPEED. THE HORSES RUN RIGHT INTO BARRELS HOLDING AN ACROBATIC PERFORMER.
00 08 1 CIRCUS TENT AS PEOPLE RUN FROM IT IN FEAR, OUT OF CONTROL WAGON COMES TEARING THROUGH ONE END OF TENT. |
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ANGRY RING MASTER JUMPS ONTO A SMALLER CHARIOT AND TAKES CHASE AFTER HIS HORSES, LIONS AND WAGON.
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CRAZY HORSE AND WAGON PURSUIT TAKES PLACE THROUGH TOWN STREETS. HORSES RUN WILDLY.
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CAGED CIRCUS LIONS GRAB THE FEET OF SLIM AS HE ATTEMPTS TO CRAWL DOWN THE LION CAGE TO GET TO SAFETY.
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TRAFFIC OFFICER STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND DIRECTS TRAFFIC. ONE TEAM OF WILD HORSES PULLING WAGON RUN PAST THE OFFICER AND RIP HIS PANTS OFF.
PEDESTRIANS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD START LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY AT THE OFFICERS MISFORTUNE. OFFICER RUNS AND JUMPS IN A BARREL ON SIDE OF ROAD. BARREL IS ALREADY OCCUPIED AND GETS UP AND RUNS AWAY. |
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TWO TEAMS OF HORSE AND WAGONS CONTINUE PURSUIT INTO COVERED TUNNEL BRIDGE. CARS EXITING THE BRIDGE ARE RUN OFF THE ROAD BY PANICKED DRIVERS. TWO TEAMS OF HORSES WITH WAGONS EXIT THE TUNNEL AND CONTINUE THEIR CRAZY PURSUIT.
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GREAT RACE GETS REALLY CRAZY AS AN ESCAPED ELEPHANT COVERED BY A SMALL CIRCUS TENT JOINS PUSUIT.
ELEPHANTS TRUNK IS SEEN SWINGING OUT FROM THE TENT FLAP AS IT ATTEMPTS TO GRAB THE RINGMASTER ON PURSUIT IN A SMALL HORSE DRAWN CHARIOT. |
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FAMILY GATHER IN THE PARK TO HAVE PHOTOS TAKEN. NURSE STANDS AT THE AID OF A MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR. FAMILY MUST JUMP TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR ENTOURAGE OF WILD HORSES AND WAGONS RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL THROUGH PARK.
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AS A RUNNING ELEPHANT CATCHES UP TO THE CIRCUS RING MASTER, THE ELEPHANT USES ITS TRUNK TO GRAB AND ATTACK THE MAN. THE ELEPHANT THROWS THE MAN CLEAR OF THE WAGON.
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GUS TRIES TO CONTROL A TEAM OF RUNAWAY HORSES. CAGED CIRCUS LIONS IN THE WAGON BEHIND HIM CLAW AT THE DRIVER.
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TEAM OF HORSES PULLING A WAGON TURN A SHARP CORNER AND LOOSE THE WAGON THEY ARE PULLING. THE WAGON FALLS DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT AND THE CIRCUS LIONS IMPRISONED IN THE WAGON CAGE ESCAPE. BILLY BEVAN AND ANDY CLYDE ATTEMPT TO SNEAK AWAY FROM THE WILD CATS WITHOUT ANGERING THEM. THE LIONS TAKE CHASE OF THE TWO MEN.
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ANGRY LION, LOOSE FROM ITS CAGE, SCARES AUDIENCE OF CIRCUS SPECTATORS. THE FRIGHTENED AUDIENCE JUMP FROM SIGHT OF THE LION AND SPECTATOR STANDS COLLAPSE UNDERNEATH THEM. PEOPLE RUN IN FEAR TO ESCAPE THE WILD LION.
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CIRCUS BEAUTY "MADAME STELLA" AND HER ASSISTANT PREPARE FOR THE SHOW. AN ESCAPED LION WALKS INTO THE DRESSING TENT AND FRIGHTENS THE YOUNG WOMEN. ONE WOMAN FAINTS. THE LION RUBS ITS SOFT TAIL ON THE BACK OF THE BEAUTIFUL PERFORMER. THE LION FLIRTS WITH THE WOMAN. THE LION JUMPS UP ON THE WOMANS NIGHT TABLE AND POSITIONS ITS MOUTH OVER HER HEAD.
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WILD LION CHASES A YOUNG BEAUTIFUL CIRCUS PERFORMER OUT OF HER DRESSING TENT. THE LION CAPTURES THE WOMAN AND SITS ON HER.
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CIRCUS COOK CALLS THE PERFORMERS TO DINNER, BANGS POT WITH A SPOON OUTSIDE A DINING TENT.
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LARGE CIRCUS LION SITS ON A PRETTY YOUNG PERFORMER AND OPENS ITS JAWS AS IF TO ROAR. THE WOMAN PUSHES THE HAIRY BEAST IN AN ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE ANIMAL.
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BILLY BEVAN AND ANDY CLYDE (THE BARNUM BROTHERS)
PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH A CIRCUS LION. THE TWO MEN CRAWL AROUND ON THE GROUND TRYING TO ESCAPE THE LARGE TAMED BEAST. COMEDY OF ERRROS. |
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BILLY BEVAN (GUS BARNUM) INTERACTS WITH THE CIRCUS LION, THE PERFORMER STICKS HIS HAND IN THE MOUTH OF THE LION. THE LION ROARS AND SWATS ITS PAW.
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TWO SCARED CIRCUS PERFORMERS HIDE INSIDE A SMALL SHED AS A CIRCUS LION PAWS AT THE DOOR TO GET INSIDE. THE LION STICKS ITS PAW THROUGH A GLASS PANEL IN THE WINDOW AND SWATS AT THE MEN INSIDE. THE MEN BOARD UP THE WINDOWS, SECURING THEMSELVES INSIDE.
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BEAUTIFUL YOUNG CIRCUS PERFORMER STANDS INSIDE THE BASKET OF A HOT AIR BALLOON AS IT LIFTS OFF THE GROUND. THE WOMAN LOOKS DOWN IN FEAR AS THE BALLOON FLOATS PAST THE CIRCUS TENTS. THE HOT AIR BALLOON ANCHOR CATCHES THE WINDOW SILL OF A SMALL SHACK AND LIFTS IT OFF THE GROUND, COMEDY OF ERRORS. 1920'S SMALL SCALE MINIATURES, SPECIAL EFFECT, MINIATURE SET BUILDING.
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SMALL WOODEN SHED IS LIFTED THROUGH THE AIR ON CABLE.
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GUS SWINGS IN THE AIR FROM DOOR HANDLE ATTACHED TO SMALL WOODEN SHED BEING LIFTED THROUGH THE AIR.
PHYSICAL COMEDY. |
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AERIAL VIEW OF A HARBOR CITY, WATERWAYS ARE VISIBLE FROM THE AIR. SHIPS CAN BE SEEN IN THE WATERS.
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ANGRY LION SWATS ITS LARGE PAW AT INTRUDERS. TRAINED ANIMAL JUMPS AND GROWLS.
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HINGE ON AN OLD SHED DOOR BEGINS TO LOOSEN, DOOR LETS LOOSE AND HANGS FROM THE SHED WITH MAN HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE.
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HOT AIR BALLOON GLIDING THROUGH THE AIR WITH SMALL WOODEN SHED DANGLING FROM ITS ANCHOR. MEN STAND ON ROOF OF THE SHED TRYING TO ESCAPE CIRCUS LION. MEN ATTEMPT TO CLIMB THE ROPE ATTACHING THE SHED TO THE HOT AIR BALLOON BASKET. ANGRY LION JUMPS TO GRAB
FEET OF THE MEN CLIMBING THE ROPE. |
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PULLS A KNIFE TO CUT THE ROPE. THE ROPE UNTWINES AND SMALL WOODEN SHED CRASHES TO THE GROUND. THE SHED IS FLATTENED ON IMPACT. VIOLENT COMEDY. MEN WALLOW IN DEBRIS. THE CIRCUS LION HAS BLACK EYE PAINTED ON ITS FACE.
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