1925SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
SLAPSTICK. BILLY BEVAN, ANDY CLYDE, LILLIAN KNIGHT, JOHN J. RICHARDSON. "FUTURISTIC" VIEW TELEVISION. TECHNOLOGY. HALLOWEEN. "BLACKIE". A CRAZY INVENTOR PUTS RADIO CONTROLS ON THE TOWN'S CARS, WHICH THEN RUN AMOK!
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INTERIOR WORK SHOP SIGN ON BOX: DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE. EXPLOSION, MAN TUMBLES OUT OF BOX ELECTRICAL MISHAPS
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CU BURNED MAN HOLDING SMOKING WIRES
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| 01:56:53 25.3 |
MS WHAT LOOKS LIKE AUTOMOBILE, MAN POPS HIS HEAD UP FROM BEHIND IT, MINIATURE CAR, MODEL CAR
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| 01:57:10 42.3 |
INVENTORS WORKING IN SHOP, GET TOY CAR TO WORK.
CU CONTROL PANELS LIGHTING UP. RADIOSCOPE |
| 01:57:39 71.3 |
POV LOOKING OUT OF SHOP'S WINDOW AT WOMAN STANDING UP IN CAR
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| 01:58:03 95.3 |
WOMAN SITTING ON CAR RUNNING BOARD, OUT OF GAS CAR BROKEN DOWN, MAN STOPS TO HELP DAMSEL IN DISTRESS AT SAME TIME ANOTHER MAN ARRIVES WITH GAS CAN, OPENS CAR'S GAS TANK, SPILLS GAS ON GROUND, GAS POURS OUT. PICKS UP EMPTY GAS CAN, LOST ALL THE GAS
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| 01:58:46 138.3 |
GAS POURS ON GROUND TOWARD WORKMEN, HITS FLAMMABLE CONTAINER, BLOWS UP, EXPLOSION. FIRE MISHAPS
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| 01:58:53 145.3 |
BURNED UP WORKER, ROLLS UP HIS SLEEVES, PUNCHES MAN IN THE NOSE, CAUSING HIM TO KNOCK WOMAN ON THE GROUND, MAN HELPS HER UP GIVES HER A RIDE PUSHES GUY WHO CAUSED ALL THE PROBLEMS
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| 01:59:21 173.3 |
CAR PULLING INTO GAS STATION SIGN READS: DON'T BUT GAS USE RADIO POWER. FATHER / INVENTOR GIVES HIS DAUGHTER WORDS OF ADVICE. ANGRY FATHER
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| 02:00:02 214.3 |
MS MAN PUSHING CAR ON ROAD BROKEN DOWN CAR CAR OUT OF GAS
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| 02:00:09 221.3 |
MS MAN PUSHING CAR PUSHES A PARKED CAR WHICH PUSHES ANOTHER PARKED CAR ETC.. CHAIN OF EVENTS
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| 02:00:51 263.3 |
POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE'S SEEING LINE OF CARS WITH NO DRIVERS.
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| 02:01:45 317.3 |
ANGRY MEN WALKING SWIFTLY DOWN ROAD LOOKING FOR STOLEN CARS
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| 02:02:08 340.3 |
LS CARS DRIVING OFF CLIFF SMASHING ON TOP OF OTHER CARS. CAR PILE UP
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| 02:02:31 363.3 |
MAN PUSHING HIS CAR, COMES TO END OF ROAD, LOOKS DOWN AT CAR PILE UP REALIZES WHAT HAS HAPPENED
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| 02:02:52 384.3 |
POV LOOKING DOWN STREET WITH EARLY 1920s CARS PARKED
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| 02:02:54 386.3 |
INVENTOR RECLINING READING BOOK CAMERA PULLS BACK SHOWING MAN LYING ON PIECE OF WOOD ON ANOTHER MAN'S BACK
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| 02:03:05 397.3 |
MS INVENTOR POKES LIGHT BULB WHICH EXPOLDES CAUSING ELECTRIC BOLT. ELECTROCUTED. ELECTRICITY
ARCH. TO HIT MAN CARRYING HIM IN THE REAR END BUTT, WHICH CAUSES ELECTRIC LINES OUTDOORS TO GO HAYWIRE WHICH MAKES CARS DRIVEN BY RADIO POWER TO START UP & DRIVE AWAY. CHAIN OF EVENTS |
| 02:03:19 411.3 |
MAN CHANGING FLAT TIRE, CAR STARTS UP BY ITSELF, DRIVES AWAY WITH MAN CHASING IT
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| 02:03:31 423.3 |
INVENTORS GOING MAD TRYING TO FIX CONTROLS
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| 02:03:45 437.3 |
MS CAR PULLS AWAY WITH MECHANIC UNDERNEATH IN CONFUSED STATE
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| 02:03:55 447.3 |
DELIVERYMAN CARRYING BOX TO CAR, CAR PULLS AWAY JUST AS MAN IS PUTTING BOX ON TRUCK CAUSING HIM & BOXES TO FALL & SPILL
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| 02:04:05 457.3 |
MAN ON SIDE OF ROAD TAKING A NAP IN HIS CAR, CAR STARTS UP & DRIVES AWAY, GOING THROUGH PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, BREAKING THROUGH FENCES, HITS BUGGY DRIVEN BY HORSES, SMASHES BUGGY UP
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| 02:04:32 484.3 |
DRIVER OF RUNAWAY CAR WAKES UP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING
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| 02:04:34 486.3 |
MAN LOOKING UNDER HIS CAR, CAR STARTS UP BY ITSELF, DRAGGING DRIVER ON GROUND
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| 02:04:53 505.3 |
GAS STATION ATTENDENT HOLDING BIG POSTER SIGN:
GAS 10 CENTS A GALLON. MAN THAT LOOKS LIKE A BLIND TAXI DRIVER ASKS FOR A SHOT OF SUPER IODINE |
| 02:05:19 531.3 |
CAR ZAPPED WITH ELECTRIC ENERGY, BODY TORN RIGHT OFF CAR LEAVING DRIVER ON GROUND HOLDING STEERING WHEEL
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| 02:05:39 551.3 |
ANGRY MAN IN ELECTRIC SHOP, PULLS PLUG OUT, GETS ELECTRICAL SHOCK, ELECTRICITY PUMPS THROUGH HIM KNOCKING HIM OFF HIS FEET
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| 02:06:01 573.3 |
INVENTOR GIVING TWO PROMOTERS A DEMONSTRATION
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| 02:06:12 584.3 |
BOLT OF JUICE HITS CAR, CAR STARTS UP & DRIVES AWAY
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| 02:06:15 587.3 |
ELECTRICAL BOLT HITS FENCE, SITTING ON FENCE FALLS OFF, FENCE OPENS & CAR DRIVES THROUGH IT, CHAIN OF EVENTS
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| 02:06:26 598.3 |
CAR DRIVING THROUGH FIELD WITH COWS, CALVES THINK CAR HAS UDDERS, DRINKING FROM BACK OF CAR
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| 02:06:46 618.3 |
PROMOTERS BUYING INVENTION FROM INVENTOR
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| 02:07:12 644.3 |
PARTY AT DANCE HALL, PEOPLE WEARING COSTUMES, COSTUME PARTY, WOMEN DANCING. INVENTOR PULLS REOP, WOMAN IS LET DOWN FROM CEILING SMALL MAN IN CAVEMAN COSTUME IS PICKED UP BY BIG WOMAN WHO SWINGS HIM AROUND & AROUND, TAKES A BOW, MAN FALLS TO THE GROUND
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| 02:08:12 704.3 |
MS MAN IN BEDCLOTHES, NIGHTCAP STOCKING BLOWS OUT CANDLE, GETS IN BED, GOES TO SLEEP
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| 02:08:30 722.3 |
ARMED MAN SNEAKING INTO INVENTORS SHOP, NIGHT WATCHMAN BEHIND HIM, BLACK MAN IN BLACKFACE
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| 02:08:51 743.3 |
CU SLEEPING MAN, ANIMATED ZZZZZZ'S COMING FROM HIS MOUTH AS IF SNORING
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| 02:08:55 747.3 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN CARRYING AN AXE IS FRIGHTENED BY SOUND, HE & ARMED MAN GO OVER TO CONTROLS, WATCH MAN GOES TO HIT BURGLAR OVER HEAD, AT SAME TIME, MEN DRESSED IN COSTUMES, ONE IN DEVIL COSTUME LOOKS IN WONDOW, SCARES THE NIGHT WATCHMAN WHOS AX MELTS AS IF IN FRIGHT, HE RUNS AWAY RIGHT INTO BURGLAR WHO KNOCKS HIM OUT
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| 02:09:42 794.3 |
THREE COSTUMED MEN RUN BACK TO PARTY, TELL INVENTOR BURGLARS ARE IN HIS SHOP, MEN RUN OUT
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| 02:09:53 805.3 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN & ARMED BURGLAR PUSHING BACKWARD, PULL TRIGGER ON CONTROL PANEL
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| 02:10:02 814.3 |
CU OWL WITH ANIMATED WHOO COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH
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| 02:10:13 825.3 |
SLEEPING MAN WAKES & SITS UP IN BED, SHADOW OF THE DEVIL PASSES WINDOW FOLLOWED BY GORILLA, DONKEY. SCARES MAN IN BED, PULLS COVERS OVER HIS HEAD, HAT LANDS ON HIS OWN FOOT, MAN IS FRIGHTENED BY HIS OWN HAT / FOOT. SHOOTS HIS OWN FOOT WITH GUN
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| 02:11:03 875.3 |
CU THROBBING FOOT WITH ANIMATED PAIN LINES. TOE PULSATING FROM PAIN
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| 02:11:10 882.3 |
NIGHT WATCHMAN & ARMED BUGLAR TURN AROUND & SEE THE DEVIL & SKELTON LOOKING IN WINDOW, RUN AWAY IN FRIGHT INTO MAN'S BEDROOM WHERE HE IS CAUGHT UP IN BEDSHEETS, ARMED MAN SHOOTS HIM, HE JUMPS LOOKING LIKE A GHOST, MEN RUN OUT OF BEDROOM
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| 02:11:46 918.3 |
SHOT MAN GETS UP, RUNS FOR DOOR, MAN ON OTHER SIDE OF DOOR HOLDING IT CLOSED, TUG OF WAR WITH DOOR, MAN INSIDE JUMPS INTO WOODEN STORAGE BOX
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| 02:12:03 935.3 |
MAN IN GORILLA COSTUME SNEAKS UP ON WATCHMAN HOLDING TIGHT TO DOOR, GRABS HIM AROUND THE NECK, MAN THROWS HIM OFF HIS BACK, RUNS INTO BEDROOM TRIES TO GET BOX OPEN, JUMPS IN ONE NEXT TO IT
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| 02:12:36 968.3 |
CU TWO MEN HIDING IN WODEN BOXES NEXT TO EACH OTHER PEEK OUT AT SAME TIME, MAN IN PAJAMAS SEES OTHER MAN FIRST, HIDES AGAIN, WATCHMAN SITS ON BOX, BOX LIFTS, HE THINKS IT'S A GHOST, PICKS UP AX, IS FOLLOWED BY MAN HIDING IN WOODEN KEG, HITS KEG, KEG SPLITS OPEN, MAN SPILLS OUT, WATCHMAN HIDES
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| 02:12:47 979.3 |
BIRD PARROT COMES THROUGH WINDOW, GETS CAUGHT IN SHEET, CU ANIMATED WORDS COMING FROM SHEET CAUSING MAN TO SWALLOW KEY IN HIS MOUTH. MS BIRD FLYING WITH SHEET ON IT, GHOST. RUNS TO DOOR WHERE SKELTON IS COMING IN, MAN DISAPPEARS FROM HIS CLOTHES, SKELTON PICKS UP PILE OF CLOTHES
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MAN RUNS INTO BEDROOM, MEN IN COSTUMES SNEAK UP BEHIND HIM, HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD. WOMAN IN BUNNY COSTUME BRINGS POLICEMEN IN ARREST BURGLAR
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| 02:15:43 1155.3 |
MAN IN PAJAMAS CARRYING THREE CHILDREN, YAWNS, TIRED FROM THREE CHILDREN, TURNS AROUND & HAS THREE MORE STRAPPED ON HIS BACK. IRIS OUT
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TAPE ENDS
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