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MICKEY THE DETECTIVE
AFP-19DI 16mm VTM-19DI Beta SP
B W
Silent Comedy
1928
B W 1928 D: Albert Herman. Mickey McGuire (aka Mickey Rooney) 00:37:24:00 B W 1928 ms Sign reads "Mickey's Detekatiff Skool." 00:37:28:00 B W 1928 ms Mickey's friends and the dog appear in various mask disguises 00:39:06:00 B W 1928 ms Mickey comes out looking and acting like Chaplin 00:39:44:00 B W 1928 ms Mickey comes out as a girl including blonde wig with curls (Mary Pickford?) 00:40:18:00 B W 1928 ms Mickey comes out dressed Douglas Fairbanks in Zorro he jumps to the ceiling and swings across to another part of the ceiling 00:41:22:00 B W 1928 ws Bear cub escapes from organ grinder (hurdy-gurdy) takes the place of boy in bear skin who runs away stands next to Mickey who thinks its the fake every body runs when they see its a real bear 00:42:42:00 B W 1928 ws ms Mickey's baby brother makes his wagon go by using a bellows to pump air into an open umbrella 00:43:13:00 B W 1928 ws Stinky Davis and gang grab Mickey's kid brother and put him in a wooden box box is taken for delivery to a chemistry professor's house 00:44:13:00 B W 1928 ws Mickey is told of "kidnapping" by one of his gang who saw it Mickey gives his dog a sniff of brothers hat and sends out to find him everyone trails after the dog 00:44:52:00 B W 1928 ms Chemistry professor demonstrates his expertise for the delivery men 00:45:15:00 B W 1928 ms Mickey and gang arrive in professors laboratory 00:45:30:00 B W 1928 ms Professor shows delivery men new type bomb with timer set for 2:00PM 00:46:09:00 B W 1928 ms Mickey and gang save his kid brother 00:46:25:00 B W 1928 ws ms Stinky and gang arrive at the laboratory 00:46:36:00 B W 1928 ms ws Stinky and Mickey and their gangs have fight using laughing gas and ether bombs 00:47:48:00 B W 1928 ws ms Both gangs start "flying" around the room 00:48:42:00 B W 1928 ms ws The professor starts dancing around the room 00:49:01:00 B W 1928 ws The dog starts "flying" around the room 00:49:19:00 B W 1928 ms Professor opens a window and clears the gases out of room 00:49:54:00 B W 1928 ws Stinky throws the bomb at the dog who catches it in his mouth everybody runs from the room but the dog follows Mickey and gang who try deperately to escape bomb carrying dog 00:52:59:00 B W 1928 ws ms Dogcatcher snares the dog and puts him in truck then proceeds to reset the bomb timer - it explodes destroying the catcher and his truck the dogs are all freed
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