Author Archive: Retro

Out west, some bad guys have Dorothy Earle tied to a tree while they duel with their 20-shooters to see who gets her. The sight of the helpless Dorothy drives Marcel Perez wild; he rescues her. Her father tells them they can keep each other, just empty one of the gold mines up in them thar hills. However the bad guys incite the local Indians to attack Our Heroes in this funny comedy.

Not wishing to see their nephew marry a hotel manucurist, Leon and his wife decide to stop the wedding plans. At the hotel, Leon mistakes Maizie (Dorothy Granger), the gold-digging girl friend of the house detective (Tom Kennedy), for his nephew’s intended. He invites her up to his room and promises her a trip to Havana if she will jilt the nephew. Enter Maizie’s boy friend, followed by Leon’s wife, both of whom are sure Leon is up to hanky-panky and Leon, as usual, is up to…and in it.

Edgar discovers a cache of gold coins in his attic but is intimidated by hose painter Billy Franey into sharing his illegal stash.

While driving in town a husband almost runs over a tramp. Feeling sorry for him, the husband brings the man home with him to help him get back on his feet. The tramp soon pretty much takes over the whole house–and not only that, but he starts getting all of his tramp friends over to “visit”.

After the family leaves for a trip, Edgar rents out the apartment to a troublemaker who likes to throw wild parties.

When a new reformist mayor refuses to cave to corruption, his opponents plot terroristic reprisal. Their efforts go awry in very goofy ways (including some wild stunts). This rambunctious comedy from Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios features his stars Charles Murray as a scheming campaign manager and Louise Fazenda as the the fiancee he unwisely scorns in favor of the mayor’s daughter. Initially released as BOMBS!, it is presented here in a retitled 1920 reissue print.

A day at the park starts out well when two couples enter a boat race, but things start going south when the boys lose their shirts and one of the girls loses her dress.