Author Archive: Retro

Errol, threatened with the loss of his job and his wife, promises to lay off the horses, but is persuaded into a purchasing a sweepstakes ticket by a business associate.

A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters.

Marcel Perez’ boss tells him he must work late Friday evening and all day Saturday. Perez doesn’t let that stop him from keeping his beach date with Nilde Baracchi — which doesn’t go as well as planned in this funny short comedy.The Internet Movie DataBase claims that William Seiter is the director of this movie. Ben Model and Steve Massa, who curated it from a first reel held at the Museum of Modern Art, a second reel at the Library of Congress and examining newspaper and copyright files, say that Perez directed it. Perez, who was on his third or fourth career as a leading screen comedian — every time he rose to prominence, he would change his name, his studio, his country of origin, his marital status…. he had moved to the United States a couple of years earlier and was making a name for himself, merging American and European styles. This one seems [...]

Leon, no model husband to begin with, keeps getting blamed by his wife for escapades involving his twin brother, and she seeks a divorce. Leon, as usual, does nothing to help his own cause.

Leon, no model husband to begin with, keeps getting blamed by his wife for escapades involving his twin brother, and she seeks a divorce. Leon, as usual, does nothing to help his own cause.

Our versatile friend, Max Linder, is an objectionable suitor because of his small stature. To remedy this defect of nature he tries walking on stilts and his maneuvers are extremely funny . Before he has perfected himself in this difficult art he reads of a new machine which will make people stouter or taller as they prefer. Poor Max presses the wrong key, with a result that is entirely new in motion pictures.