1931SOUND COMEDY SHORTS
BENNY RUBIN. PATHE ROOSTER. BILLY FRANEY. NELL BREEN. THEATRICAL BOARDING HOUSE. WOMEN SETTING DINNER TABLE. MEN BUMP INTO EACH OTHER. JUGGLING. ACROBATS. JUMPS OVER TABLE. MAN ACCIDENTALLY SLAPS MAN. MAN KICKS MAN. MAN PUTS ON FAKE BEARD. MAN EAVESDROPS. WOMAN SINGS. EVERYBODY PUTS THEIR HEADS ON THE TABLE. THEY APPLAUD. WOMAN PULLS MAN'S SHIRT OFF. EVERYBODY AT TABLE SINGS TO BENNY. MAID GIVES LETTER TO BENNY. ALREADY OPEN. BENNY UPSET. HE PASSES OUT. EVERYBODY THROWS GLASSES OF WATER ON HIM. DEAD UNCLE LEAVES HIM A HOTEL. STANDS ON TABLE. TABLE BREAKS. THEY FALL DOWN. HOTEL LOBBY. PEOPLE DANCING. PLAYING PIANO, SPINNING PLATES THINKING REALLY HARD. MAN ON HIS KNEES. FRENCH MAID WITH FEATHER DUSTER. NEWSPAPER HEADLINE. PEOPLE RUNNING TO HOTEL. PEOPLE WITH SUITCASES. LARGE CROWD. GET INTO ELEVATOR. ARROW GOES UP & DOWN REAL QUICK. MAN SHOOTS GUN. PEOPLE GO INTO DINING ROOM. CHEF. CRAZY OLD BELLHOP. PAGING MR. JONES. LADY & MAN WALK INTO BEDROOM. SUITCASE FULL OF TOYS. HITS WALL WITH HAMMER. MEN DRESSED AS MINERS. MEN TRY TO GET INTO SAFE. WOMAN FALLS AS RUNNING. MAN PLAYS PIANO AND PEOPLE SING, INCLUDING CHEF. COIN THROWN ONTO FLOOR. WHITE DOVES FLY OUT OF THE PIANO, SOMEBODY SHOOTS GUN, A TON OF FEATHERS FALL ON PEOPLE. EVERYBODY RUNS ONTO STAGE. MEN UNDER RUG, WITH BIRD IN CAGE, NO GAS HERE. MINING IN HOTEL. FLOOR ALL RIPPED UP. TAP DANCING ON STAGE. PEOPLE SEATED AT TABLE. TABLECLOTH PUT OVER TABLE, MAKES DISHES DISAPPEAR. MAGICIAN. PATTYCAKE. WOMAN FALLS ON TABLE. MAN WITH CREAM ALL OVER HIS FACE. CEILING FALLING DOWN, MINERS COME THROUGH. GIVES CONFUSING INSTRUCTIONS. PEOPLE CHOPPING UP HALLWAY. PLASTER COMES DOWN. MAN THROWS DYNAMITE IN FIREPLACE. EXPLOSION. POINTS RIFLE AT MAN. DOG TAKES DYNAMITE IN HIS MOUTH. DYNAMITE STUCK ON MAN'S ARM. LARGE BLACK POODLE. MAN FALLS THROUGH HOLE UNDER RUG. ORIENTAL WITH LONG BRAID. HOTEL COMPLETELY WRECKED. FINDS BOX OF MONEY.
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SIGN "LOUISE CARVER'S THEATRICAL BOARDING HOUSE, PAY IN ADVANCE"
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| 01:00:14 14.86 |
MATRONLY WOMAN AND MAID SET LONG DINING ROOM TABLE AT BOARDING HOUSE, CHANDELIER OVER TABLE KEEPS JERKING UP AND DOWN AND STARTLING THE WOMEN
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| 01:00:26 26.37 |
MS OF WOMAN TALKING, CUT TO MS OF OLDER MAID IN UNIFORM
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| 01:00:41 41.72 |
MATRONY WOMAN JUMPS UP AS IF SHE FORGOT SOMETHING, RINGS A LARGE DINNER BELL AS LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE ARRIVE THROUGH CURTAIN FOR DINNER
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| 01:00:49 49.8 |
MAN WALKS DOWN STAIRCASE, OTHER MEN JUMP OVER HIM ON THEIR WAY TO DINNER, ACROBATS
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| 01:01:02 62.17 |
A DOZEN PEOPLE RUSH TO SIT AT DINNER TABLE, THEATRICALS DOING FLIPS
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| 01:01:05 65.32 |
MEN LEAP ATHLETICALLY OVER MAN SITTING ON THE STAIRS
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| 01:01:11 71.44 |
MAN JUMPS OVER DINING ROOM TABLE, HUNGRY DINNERS
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| 01:01:17 77.26 |
MAN IN TOP HAT AND CANE KNOCKS FAT MAN DOWN ON THE STAIRS, HE APOLOGIZES AND BOWS, FAT MAN KICKS HIM IN THE BUTT, PHYSICAL COMEDY
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| 01:01:30 90.29 |
MAN IN TOP HAT FALLS INTO LARGE WOMAN STANDING IN DINING ROOM DOORWAY, SMILES AT HIM LOVINGLY, FLIRTS WITH HIM
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| 01:01:44 104.63 |
MAN RUSHES DOWN STAIRS AND PUTS ON A FAKE BEARD (LIKE ABE LINCON)
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| 01:01:52 112.31 |
BOARDING HOUSE WOMAN GRABS THE BEARD AND YELLS AT HIM
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| 01:01:54 114.69 |
ANOTHER MAN SNEAKS DOWN STAIRS, CUTS TO MAN BUTTERING UP THE LANDLADY
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| 01:02:07 127.82 |
MAN IN HALLWAY IS GRABBED BY YOUNG WOMAN
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| 01:02:18 138.39 |
PEOPLE AT DINING ROOM TABLE RUBBERNECK, WATCHING THE COUPLE IN THE HALL
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| 01:02:23 142.96 |
WOMAN GRABS MAN BY HIS LAPELS, CUT TO MAN WAVING FROM DINING ROOM TABLE
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| 01:02:29 149.65 |
COUPLE IN HALLWAY, WOMAN IS EXCITED BUT WON'T LET MAN LEAVE
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| 01:02:36 156.87 |
BOARDING HOUSE DINERS BOW THEIR HEADS AND PRAY, BLESSING
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| 01:02:40 160.78 |
WOMAN HUGS MAN IN HALLWAY, RIPS HIS TIE OFF, THEN HIS SHIRT, AGGRESSIVE, CUT TO DISGUSTED MEN AT DINING TABLE
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| 01:02:55 175.95 |
LARGE GROUP AT DINING ROOM TABLE APPLAUDS
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| 01:02:58 178.84 |
MAN MLEAVES HIS GIRL IN THE HALL AND WALKS INTO DINNER WITHOUT A SHIRT, GIRL FOLLOWS HIM
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| 01:03:12 192.18 |
BOARDING HOUSE DINERS SING TO MAN, MAID PASSES HIM AN OPENED LETTER, HE PROTESTS AND TAKES OUT LETTER TO READ, HIS FACE FALLS AS HE READS BAD NEWS,
--HE FALLS BACK IN HIS CHAIR, FAINTS, DINERS ALL THROW GLASSES OF WATER ON HIM TO REVIVE HIM AND HE SHARES HIS NEWS |
| 01:04:11 251.55 |
TYPED LETTER TO BENNY RUBIN, HE HAS INHERITED A HOTEL IN CALIFORNIA FROM HIS UNCLE
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| 01:04:21 261.72 |
EVERYONE CONGRATULATES THE MAN
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| 01:04:32 272.33 |
NEWLY RICH MAN CLIMBS ON DINING ROOM TABLE, MAKES A SPEECH, PROUD AND HAPPY, HIS FRIENDS CLIMB UP ON TABLE AND EVERYONE SINGS, TABLE COLLAPSES
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| 01:05:00 300.02 |
BLANK
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| 01:05:02 302.21 |
SIGN FOR "THE HESPERUS" HOTEL
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| 01:05:07 307.8 |
GROUP OF ACROBATS, CURCUS PEOPLE IN HOTEL LOBBY SPINNING PLATES, WALKING A TIGHT ROPE ON FLOOR, CUT TO MEN LEAPING OVER EACH OTHER
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| 01:05:20 320.36 |
MAN IN CHEF HAT AND UNIFORM SITS AT PIANO, PAYS AND SINGS, WRITING A SONG
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| 01:05:29 329.85 |
COUPLE TALKS AT HOTEL COUNTER, MAN IS WORRIED, GETS A BRILLIANT IDEA
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| 01:05:56 356.35 |
OLD MAN IN BELLHOP UNIFORM SINGS TO FRENCH MAID WITH FEATHER DUSTER
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| 01:05:59 359.83 |
MAN IN TUXEDO GETS BRILLIANT IDEA, CUT TO FS OF HIM CALLING HIS ECLECTIC GROUP OF FRIENDS TOGETHER, THEY GET EXCITED AND MAKE PLANS
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| 01:06:34 394.67 |
NEWSPAPER HEADLINES READ "FORTUNE REPORTED HIDDEN IN HOTEL HESPERUS", "HOTEL HESPERUS SCENE OF FORTUNE HUNT, HEIR UNABLE TO ESTIMATE AMOUNT"
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| 01:06:51 410.98 |
CROWD OF PEOPLE RUSH INTO THE HOTEL, 1930S CAR
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| 01:06:55 415.63 |
HOTEL STAFF GET READY FOR ONSLAUGHT OF GUESTS, MEN RUN INTO LOBBY WITH SUITCASES
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| 01:07:07 426.91 |
MANY PEOPLE WITH SUITCASES CROWD THE HOTEL COUNTER TRYING TO CHECK IN, 1930S FASHIONS, ELDERLY BELLHOP TAKES THE SUITCASES
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| 01:07:14 434.08 |
BELLHOPS CROWD PEOPLE INTO ELEVATOR, SHOOTS OFF A GUN
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| 01:07:18 438.51 |
ELEVATOR FLOOR INDICATOR SWINGS FROM FIRST FLOOR TO 8TH FLOOR AND BACK DOWN
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| 01:07:20 440.12 |
ELEVATOR DOOR OPENS
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| 01:07:24 444.31 |
POV BEHIND HOTEL DESK, PEOPLE RUSHING THE COUNTER, OWNER HANDS OUT KEYS TO THE TWO MINERS WITH SHOVELS AND LIGHTS ON THIE HATS, MAN WITH AN AXE
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| 01:07:38 457.93 |
HOTEL GUESTS RUSH THE ELEVATOR, BELLHOP SHOOTS GUN, CUT TO NEEDLE OVER ELEVATOR, DOORS OPEN TO BELLHOP IN EMPTY ELEVATOR, BELLHOPS TIMING THEMSELVES
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| 01:07:51 471.67 |
HOTEL GUEST ENTER LARGE DINING ROOM, MAITRE 'D WELCOMES THEM
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| 01:07:58 478.72 |
CHEF WALKS OUT TO ENTERTAIN
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| 01:08:03 483.13 |
CREEPY OLD BELLHOP RECITES TO HIMSELF AS HE LUMBERS THROUGH LARGE BUSY HOTEL LOBBY, ORATING, PROBABLY SHAKESPEARE
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| 01:08:18 498.04 |
BUSINESSMEN RUSH TO CHECK IN TO HOTEL, SHERRIF ARRIVES WITH RIFLE
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| 01:08:26 506.68 |
WOMAN ENTERS HOTEL ROOM, MAN DROPS SUITCASE FULL OF HAMMERS AND TOOLS, WOMAN PIC UP HAMMER AND STARTS TAPPING THE WALL
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MAID CARRIES VELVET SHOWCASE TO HOTEL OWNER
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| 01:08:52 532.55 |
MINERS STRUGGLE TO OPEN THE SAFE DOOR, HOTEL OWNER CHASES THEM OFF
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| 01:09:26 566.06 |
COUPLE ENTERS HOTEL DINING ROOM, WOMAN WEARING PANTS SLIPS AND FALLS, THEY STEP UP TO THE PIANO AND START SHOW WITH THE CHEF
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| 01:09:39 579.43 |
FS OF COUPLE WITH MAN DRESSED AS CHEF PERFORM, SINGING, VAUDEVILLE STYLE, CUTS TO WS OF DINING ROOM, THEY SCRAMBLE TO PICK UP THE COINS THROWN
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| 01:10:56 656.13 |
WHITE DOVES FLY OUT OF PIANO, CUT TO MAN IN AUDIENCE SHOOTING OFF RIFLE, DUCK HUNTING, CUT TO FEATHERS FALLING FROM CEILING
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| 01:11:06 666 |
SHOW CONTINUES, CHEF HOLDS LONG NOTE,
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| 01:11:32 692.52 |
COIN IS THROW ON THE FLOOR, CUT TO EVERYONE SCRAMBLING TO PICK IT UP, ACTORS AND HOTELS GUESTS
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| 01:11:39 699.58 |
HOTEL ROOM INT, MINERS DIGGING UNDER A RUG, FLOOR ALL RIPPED UP, THEY PULL OUT A BIRD CAGE WITH CANARY, THEY SPIT AND DECIDE WHICH DIRECTION TO DIG
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| 01:12:17 737.2 |
COUPLE TAP DANCING IN HOTEL DINING ROOM
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| 01:12:34 753.95 |
GUESTS SIT AT RESTAURANT TABLE, CHINESE WAITER, MAITRE D' ARRIVES WITH TABLE CLOTHE AND COVERS THE ALREADY SET TABLE TO PERFORM MAGIC TRICK, PLACE SETTINGS ALL GONE
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COUPLE CONTINUE TAP DANCING ON STAGE
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| 01:12:57 777.76 |
WAITER JUGGLES DISHES, LETS THEM DROP AS HE TAKES AN ORDER
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| 01:13:04 784.54 |
COUPLE DANCES AS CHEF SMILES AND WATCHES, COUPLE DANCES AND PLAYS PATTYCAKE, SLAP EACH OTHER
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| 01:13:27 807.15 |
GIRL DANCES AND FALLS INTO RESTARUANT TABLE, DINERS PICK HER UP
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| 01:13:36 816.43 |
COUPLE CONTINUES THEIR SHOW, MAN AT TABLE CLEANS WHIPPED CREAM PIE OFF HIS FACE
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| 01:13:41 821.4 |
MAN TAP DANCES, CUTS TO MINERS BREAKING THROUGH CEILING CAUSING DANCER TO JUMP IN THE AIR, CEILING PLASTER COMES DOWN
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| 01:13:57 837.44 |
CEILING BREAKS APART, MINERS HANG UPSIDE DOWN FROM CEILING, CUT TO PLASTER FALLING ON DANCER
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| 01:14:18 858.08 |
HOTEL OWNER IN TUXEDO COVERED IN PLASTER POINTS HIS FINGER AND GIVES ORDERS, CUT TO MINERS HANGING FROM CEILING
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| 01:14:34 874.62 |
MINERS CLIMB UP FROM HOLE IN FLOOR WITH BIRD CAGE AND CANARY
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| 01:14:52 892.56 |
HOTEL GUEST IN HALLWAY BREAKING DOWN WALLS WITH AXES AND HAMMERS
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| 01:14:58 898.15 |
CHEF LOOKS UP AT NOISE ABOVE, CEILING AND PLASTER FALLS DOWN ON GIRL AND HOTEL OWNER
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| 01:15:08 907.97 |
MAN LIGHTS STICK OF DYNAMITE, OWNER RUNS TO STOP HIM
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| 01:15:20 919.92 |
GUESTS CHOPPING DOWN HOTEL LOBBY WITH MALLETS AND AXES, EVERYONE RUNS WHEN MAN THROWS LIT DYNAMITE INTO FIREPLACE
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| 01:15:35 935.39 |
EXPLOSION IN FIREPLACE, DEBRIS FALLS OVER MAN HIDING UNDER COUNTER
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| 01:15:45 945.75 |
HOTEL OWNER, TAKES OUT RIFLE AND TRIES TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DESTROYING HIS HOTEL
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| 01:15:55 955.32 |
MAN ATTACHES STICKS OF DYNAMITE TO THE SAFE DOOR, HOTEL OWNER GRABS IT AND TOSSES IT AWAY
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| 01:16:03 962.95 |
BLACK POODLE PICKS UP DYNAMITE AND CHASES MAN WITH IT
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| 01:16:12 972.33 |
PEOPLE CHOPPING UP HOTEL WALLS WITH AXES WHILE OWNER RUNS UP STAIRS WITH SHOTGUN, CEILING FALLS ON HIM AND SHERIFF FALLS FROM THE CEILING
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| 01:16:24 984.56 |
MINERS LIGHT CIGARETTE FROM LIT DYNAMITE, HE TRIES TO THROW IT BUT IT IS STUCK ON HIS COAT, HIS FRIEND TOSSES HIM AND THE EXPLOSIVES INTO THE CLOSET
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| 01:16:44 1004.18 |
MAN WITH SHOT GUN SCREAMS WHEN HE SEES THE DAMAGE, AND DOG APPROACHING WITH DYNAMITE IN HIS MOUTH, POODLE WITH SHAVED LEGS
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| 01:16:55 1015.58 |
MAN TRIES TO ESCAPE DOG AND MINERS WITH EXPLOSIVES HE RUNS INTO A ROOM AND FALLS THOUGH HOLE UNDER THE RUG
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| 01:17:18 1038.27 |
MAN FALLS TO STAGE BELOW WITH UPENDED PIANO, CUT TO POODLE WITH STICKS OF DYNAMITE IN ITS MOUTH WHICH IT DROPS INTO HOLE IN FLOOR
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| 01:17:25 1044.72 |
MAN IS SHOCKED WHEN STICKS OF DYNAMITE FALL INTO HIS LAP, HE THROWS IT TO CHINESE WAITER WITH LONG BRAID, WHO THROWS IT
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| 01:17:32 1051.95 |
CHEF CATCHES LIT DYNAMITE AND DROPS IT AND RUNS, CUT TO WS OF WRECKED HOTEL LOBBY WHICH IS DESTROYED
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| 01:17:47 1066.79 |
HOTEL OWNER IS COVERED WITH DEBRIS WHEN A BOX FALLS ON HIS HEAD
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| 01:17:53 1073.24 |
BOX IS OPENED AND IT IS FULL OF MONEY, CUT TO HAPPY MAN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS
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THE END
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