Author Archive: Retro

A family troupe of acrobats, made up to appear Japanese, perform various unbelievable stunts in front of the camera, achieved through a trick of the camera.

Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

A Wild West spoof by The Masquers Comedy Club of Hollywood

A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman’s home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of the house. They thus decide to elope, and they make plans accordingly. But as they are leaving, a thief discovers their plans, and he decides to turn the situation to his own advantage.

Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won’t have to continue to support him. All Pop wants to make him happy is a cow. When Edgar comes home with both a cow and a phony rich widow, the results are not what Edgar planned for.

Dir. Mack Sennet. College professor finds it “convenient” to hire an actress to assist him to teach his classis, to his own chagrin.

Leon’s boss buys a racehorse, but doesn’t want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.

A man decides to stage a fake robbery in front of his girlfriend’s father (who doesn’t like him), hoping it will make the father change his opinion. Unfortunately, real crooks wind up taking the money from the “robbery”, and the boyfriend has to get it back.

A young man wants to elope with his pretty girlfriend, but her father–the local police chief–won’t let them leave town.