- Title: CF346
- Date:1920s
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Summary:
00:01:52 - 00:04:40
Smartly dressed man with monocle drives towards camera, cu to ws shows his car is just seat fixed to top of railway carriage. Railway guard falls over, man climbs down from train roof and guard kicks his bottom, man tips his top hat to guard, puts cane over shoulder which gets caught in chain of water tank and drenches guard in water. Guard takes man to sheriff, sheriff gets wet, guard laughs, smart man walks away and sheriff chases him.
00:04:40 - 00:10:12
Door slams in man's face pushing cigar into his mouth, man shakes fist.
Titlecard: All right - you are hired. Man drops ladders on man's foot, man falls in bucket of glue, man steps on brush and handle, hits other man and falls over, steps on brush again and falls over, man falls over brush, men unwrap huge poster, man falls in glue pot, falls over glue covered poster and can't get up, slips around and falls over. Man uses bendy brush, man walks up ladder which sinks into ground, man / boss shouts at him, goes up ladder which slides into ground, man thrashes around in water.
00:10:12 - 00:13:05
Man opens 'door' in poster and waters ground with watering can, man looks dismayed / amazed. Man wraps bendy brush handle around man's neck, man falls into water, man goes to stick poster on wall but wall has been removed and he is on edge of cliff. He slides down ladder and hangs off cliff on rope.
- TYPE:Historical
- DATE:1920s
- GENRE:
- SOURCE:Filemaker
- Decade:
- Colour:B&W
- Keywords:SLAPSTICK, COMEDY, PRATFALLS, USA, SHORT FILM
- Master Title:CF346
- Segment:0
- Sound:Silent
