Summary

SLAPSTICK

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Title: SLAPSTICK
File Number: AFP-8H 16mm VTM-8H Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Silent Comedy
Year: 1920
Description: 00:37:18:00 B W 1920 WS Motorcycle smashes thru brick wall into room. 00:37:21:00 B W 1920 CU Man throws pie in woman's face. 00:37:24:00 B W 1920 MS Policemen hopping around police station. 00:37:28:00 B W 1920 MS Man hops onto saddle which is suspended in mid-air after horse walked away, man falls onto ground. 00:37:32:00 B W 1920 CU 2 men fight & one gets bottle thrown in face. 00:37:34:00 B W 1920 WS Man falls head first off pier, lands w head stuck in sand. 00:37:36:00 B W 1920 Polo continues in hotel lobby. Man with foot on pier and foot on yacht and pulling away. 00:37:41:00 B W 1920 MS Car hits telephone pole, it bashes back-seat passenger. 00:37:45:00 B W 1920 MS Motorcycle goes over bridge w sidecar dangling off edge. 00:37:52:00 B W 1920 WS 2 vaudeville performers come onstage, sing & dance. 00:38:11:00 B W 1920 MS 2 men fill kerosene lamp w powder, when 3rd man reaches up to take off gas part to light lamp he gets doused. 00:38:32:00 B W 1920 CU Man stands at window w flowers in hand, man inside throws milk pitcher in face. 00:38:55:00 B W 1920 MS Couple in parlor, he tries to give her flowers, she moves toward window & looks out. 00:38:57:00 B W 1920 MS Man hits girl in face w pie as she leans out window. 00:39:08:00 B W 1920 MS Policeman (FATTY ARBUCKLE) & girlfriend sit on park bench, boy walks up behind them & hits Fatty the policeman in face w pie, he then tries chasing them but pratfalls instead. 00:39:53:00 B W 1920 MS Policemen rush into cars. 00:40:05:00 B W 1920 CU 2 fat people in airplane. 00:40:20:00 B W 1920 WS Airplane buzzes car, fat woman (Fatty Arbuckle in drag (cross dressing) jumps from airplane. 00:40:38:00 B W 1920 CU Woman splashing in water cries out for help. 00:40:47:00 B W 1920 WS Policemen jump off bridge to save woman drowning. 00:41:15:00 B W 1920 MS Man catches wife w another man, they shoot, hideaway bed crashes thru wall, ends up in next room. 00:41:42:00 B W 1920 MS FATTY ARBUCKLE in kitchen flips pancake behind back, flips knife in air, it stands upright in cutting board (this clip from "The Waiter's Ball", Keystone). 00:41:50:00 B W 1920 MS Waiter (AL ST. JOHN) with armful of plates slips & slides over trash on floor in dining room w out falling. 00:42:03:00 B W 1920 MS Arbuckle flips pancake from pan to broom & back again. 00:42:10:00 B W 1920 MS Chef Arbuckle & waiter St. John vie for affections of counter girl, chef kisses her, waiter attacks him w knife, chef hides in barrel, puts sheet over it, waiter comes in, stabs him, but his head turns out to be head of lettuce. 00:43:05:00 B W 1920 MS Waiter & chef sweep trash back & forth from kitchen & dining room, chef hits waiter in face w broom, does backflip & ends up in chair w feet on table. 00:43:27:00 B W 1920 CU Man laughing. 00:43:46:00 B W 1920 MS 2 men hit each other in rear end w brooms. 00:44:10:00 B W 1920 CU Waiter takes order from customer & screams it into kitchen. 00:44:18:00 B W 1920 MS Chef Fatty Arbuckle takes fish from freezer, it jumps around, chef throws plates trying to kill it, it escapes & flops around under shirt of woman washing dishes. 00:45:13:00 B W 1920 MS Fish hops around in dining room where patrons & waiter try to catch it. 00:46:10:00 B W 1920 MS On moving train Billy Bevan catches large fish. 00:46:39:00 B W 1920 CU Tip of shoe gets cut off to expose toes. 00:46:53:00 B W 1920 WS Man loads crates on wagon, falls of loading dock when man moves wagon. 00:47:15:00 B W 1920 MS Man flies out window into water barrel, barrel bursts. 00:47:22:00 B W 1920 MS Couple gets out of car by shop w sign: FRESH PIES DAILY. 00:47:26:00 B W 1920 MS Men w wagons fighting, 1 gets pushed into woman who crashes into stacked crates. 00:47:50:00 B W 1920 MS Man standing by store gets hit by basket thrown from inside 00:48:08:00 B W 1920 MS Bakers bring up fresh pie tray thru hatch in floor. 00:48:21:00 B W 1920 MS Man falls thru hatch in basement vat, bakers pull him out, everyone slips & slides around. 00:48:40:00 B W 1920 MS Man hiding in barrel walks out of shop. 00:48:49:00 B W 1920 MS Men w planks attack different man w barrel over head as he leaves shop. 00:49:23:00 B W 1920 CU Couple in motorcycle & sidecar. 00:49:26:00 B W 1920 MS Man hops into car takes off, big chase follows. 00:50:32:00 B W 1920 WS Man on motorcycle falls off cliff, clings to wire attached to telephone pole. 00:50:43:00 B W 1920 MS Man aims gun at couple approaching him w arms up, gunman falls into deep puddle, couple kisses. 00:51:04:00 B W 1920 MS Girls dancing in club w streamers from ceiling. 00:51:12:00 B W 1920 MS Man (BILLY BEVAN) in small car drives into room. 00:51:38:00 B W 1920 CU Man flips spoon from ice cream dish to fat old lady's face. 00:51:43:00 B W 1920 CU Man lights cigar, throws match on chair, 2nd man sits on it 00:51:58:00 B W 1920 CU Balloon lifts woman's skirt up in back as she walks away. 00:52:06:00 B W 1920 MS Man stops car near sign: ROAD UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 00:52:20:00 B W 1920 MS People wave to boat leaving pier. 00:52:28:00 B W 1920 CU Man in captain's hat (VERNON DENT) yells to boat. 00:52:30:00 B W 1920 MS Man on boat nods "yes" & waves. 00:52:37:00 B W 1920 WS Man (VERNON DENT) descends ladder from pier to boat. 00:52:46:00 B W 1920 MS Man on boat helps up man on ladder into boat as it drifts away from pier, helper falls in but other man gets aboard. 00:53:36:00 B W 1920 CU 2 girls in sailor outfits knock on window. 00:53:46:00 B W 1920 CU Hook pulls down man's pants. 00:53:50:00 B W 1920 MS Man's pants fall down to ankles as he talks w 2 girls. 00:54:00:00 B W 1920 MS Man in water tries climbing up via stick hooked in pants of man on boat. 00:54:13:00 B W 1920 CU (Next segment from "Chasing Choo Choos" with Monty Banks): Gang w sticks chasing man on wagon, he pushes vegetables off cart & pursuers slip & fall. 00:54:46:00 B W 1920 MS Man riding horse backwards falls off. 00:55:06:00 B W 1920 MS Man gets another to chase train w car. 00:55:17:00 B W 1920 CU Train wheels turning. 00:55:50:00 B W 1920 MS Man tries jumping from car to adjoining train, gets stuck in between. 00:56:15:00 B W 1920 CU Man climbs onto top of moving train, gets chased. 00:56:55:00 B W 1920 MS Water spout knocks men atop passing train into water. 00:57:36:00 B W 1920 MS Girl & man linked by rope atop train almost fall off. 00:58:10:00 B W 1920 CU Rope breaks. 00:58:31:00 B W 1920 MS Man detaches train car, ends up on wrong car, tumbles down hill trying to get to girlfriend's car. 00:59:50:00 B W 1920 CU Girl kisses man. 01:00:09:00 B W 1920 WS Train crashes, couple flies thru air landing in haystack. (End of Monty Banks "Chasing Choo Choos" segment). 01:00:36:00 B W 1920 CU Maid goes to police telephone & calls (Beginning segment from "Big Moments from Little Pictures" with WILL ROGERS). 01:00:47:00 B W 1920 CU Sleeping policeman (WILL ROGERS) w feet on desk answers telephone after primping & cleaning out listening ear. 01:00:50:00 B W 1920 MS Group of policemen disappear behind stack of barrels & emerge in car. 01:00:53:00 B W 1920 MS Man tries getting on horse which gallops away leaving only saddle, he gets hit by motorcycle & ends up in sidecar and scene comes to end with police and bakers in slapstick fight. 01:01:10:00 B W 1920 WS Police car skidding down street. 01:01:21:00 B W 1920 WS Policemen knock down pillars on house facade, bed w people on
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