1917SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
SLAPSTICK COMEDY WITH MACK SWAIN, TOM KENNEDY, BOB KORTMAN, LARRY LYNDON, POLLY MORAN, DORA RODGERS, EVA THATCHER, VERA STEADMAN.
AMBROSE INHERITS A RESTAURANT BUT THE CROOKED MANAGER PLOTS TO GET HIM TO LOSE THE PROPERTY BY GAMBLING.
AMBROSE INHERITS A RESTAURANT BUT THE CROOKED MANAGER PLOTS TO GET HIM TO LOSE THE PROPERTY BY GAMBLING.
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CAR DRIVER DANGLING CARROT IN FRONT OF DONKEY. DONKEY PUSHES CAR FROM COUNTRY FARM INTO CITY
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INTERIOR RESTAURANT WITH DINERS & DANCERS
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RUBES FROM COUNTRY WHOSE CAR IS PUSHED BY DONKEY ARRIVES IN THE "BIG CITY". COUPLE GOES IN RESTAURANT
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CU EXECUTOR'S LETTER ANNOUNCING RESTAURANT OWNER'S DEATH & COUNTRY BUMPKINS ARE NEW OWNERS
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MAN INSTRUCTS WAITER TO FEED DONKEY
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CU CIGAR-SMOKING CASHIER GIVING CHANGE TO CUSTOMER.
NEW OWNER OBSERVES CASHIER SKIMMING OFF THE TOP, STEALING MONEY. PUTS MONEY INTO HIS POCKET. NEW OWNER SHOCKED AGHAST AT WHAT HE'S WITNESSED |
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STAFF INTRODUCED TO NEW BOSS
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WOMAN IN RESTAURANT KITCHEN TASTES FOOD. SMOKE COMES OUT OF HER MOUTH IT'S SO HOT. WOMAN MAKES HORRIBLE FACE
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NEW OWNER STICKS SIGN ON OBESE MAN'S BACK: "I DINE AT CAFE DE AMBROSE". FREE ADVERTISING
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RESTAURANT OWNER TRYING TO LURE CUSTOMERS IN. RUNS OUTSIDE WITH POT OF HOT FOOD. OPENS LID TO PASSING PEOPLE. CUSTOMERS WALK INTO RESTAURANT. OWNER RUNS INTO KITCHEN, WIFE JUMPING FOR JOY.
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DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE PLOTS TO DESTROY NEW OWNER'S BUSINESS
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OWNER OF RESTAURANT DOTING ON CUSTOMERS, BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PLEASE CUSTOMERS. TURNS AROUND AS MUSICIAN PLAYING TROMBONE SPRAYS LIQUID ALL OVER HIM
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CROOKED MANAGER'S GIRLFRIEND PLAYING COY WITH OWNER.
CONSPIRING WITH BOYFRIEND, WHISPERING |
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NEW OWNER RUSHES OUT OF RESTAURANT & RUNS AFTER CAR.
MAN FALLS & IS DRAGGED BY CAR. CROOKED MANAGER LAUGHS AT THE SPECTACLE |
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MAN CHASING VAMP'S CAR. FLIRTING, BLOWING KISSES. SHE PLAYS HARD TO GET & PULLS SHADE DOWN ON BACK WINDOW.
MAN FALLS ON HIS REAR END BUT GETS BACK UP & CONTINUES IN HIS CHASE. PRATFALL. |
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CAR DROPS PEOPLE OFF. OWNER FOLLOWS HER INTO APARTMENT BUILDING, HOTEL. TELLS LIE TO RECEPTIONIST TO GET TO HER ROOM
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WOMAN COMES HOME FOR LUNCH TO VICTORIAN DECORATED APARTMENT: LAVISH DECOR. ANIMAL RUG, TINY DOG
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MAN COMING UP IN ELEVATOR. BELLHOP BELLBOY SHOWS HIM TO WOMAN'S ROOM. OPENS DOOR TO WOMAN HOLDING FLUFFY CAT. PLAYS CAT & MOUSE WITH HIM. PUTS VASE OVER HIS HEAD. WOMAN'S BOYFRIEND ENTERS & TRIPS MAN WITH VASE ON HIS HEAD. MAN FALLS & VASE BREAKS
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CROOKED MANAGER PULLS GUN OUT PRETENDING TO BE ANGRY HUSBAND. FORCES HIM TO SIGN OVER RESTAURANT TO THEM.
WOMAN PRETENDS TO BE ON OWNER'S SIDE |
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CROOKED MANAGER GOES IN RESTAURANT. TELLS OWNER'S WIFE "HER HUSBAND IS WRECKING HIS HOME". SHE GRABS HER HAT & RUNS OUT
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MAN HOLDING RECLINING SMOKING WOMAN'S HAND. SMALL DOG & FLUFFY CAT LOUNGING. COYLY, WOMAN BLOWS SMOKE IN HIS FACE. MAN SNEEZES.
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WIFE BARGES INTO HOUSE. HUSBAND CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
ANGRY WIFE CHASES HUSBAND AROUND "THE OTHER WOMAN'S" APARTMENT. STRANGLES "THE OTHER WOMAN'S" NECK. WOMEN FIGHTING |
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WOMAN ESCAPING FROM APARTMENT WINDOW. FALLS ONTO LAUNDRY CLOTHES LINE, SAVING HER FROM FALL
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HUSBAND CAUGHT IN THE ACT ESCAPING DANGER IN ELEVATOR
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MAN CATCHES FALLING WOMAN. WOMAN FALLING PLUNGING TO HER DEATH. FANS WOMAN WITH HIS HAT
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WAITRESS DROPS TRAY OF FOOD ON CUSTOMERS. CUSTOMERS JUMP UP, MUSICIAN COMES RUNNING. CROOKED MANAGER SHOWS HER NOTE THAT HE NOW OWNS RESTAURANT
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WAITRESS TEARS UP NOTE. CROOKED MANAGER PULLS OUT GUN & STARTS SHOOTING THE PLACE UP FORCING COUPLE IN THE STREET
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ANGRY WIFE CATCHES UP TO VAMP OUTSIDE. STARTS TO BEAT HER UP BUT HUSBAND STOPS HER
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PEOPLE RUN INTO POLICE STATION & COME BACK OUT WITH POLICEMAN. COP CARS COME RACING OUT OF "FLYING SQUAD"
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CROOKS TRY TO ESCAPE. CHASE SCENE. POLICE CAR LOSES CONTROL & CRASHES THROUGH TELEPHONE POLES TAKING POLES WITH CAR
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POLICE CATCH UP TO CROOKS CRIMINALS & ARREST THEM
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