There It Is (1928)

When a mysterious figure appears to cause a series of disruptions at the Frisbie Home in New York, word goes out to Scotland Yard that the Fuzz-Faced Phantom is at work. Soon, Charley ... See full summary »

Director:

Harold L. Muller

Stars:

Charles R. Bowers, Kathryn McGuire, Melbourne MacDowell

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Charles R. Bowers	...	Charley MacNeesha (as Charley Bowers)
Kathryn McGuire	...	The Nurse
Melbourne MacDowell	...	Frisbie Family Patriarch
Buster Brodie	...	The Fuzz-Faced Phantom
Blue Washington	...	The Butler (as Edgar Blue)

Storyline

When a mysterious figure appears to cause a series of disruptions at the Frisbie Home in New York, word goes out to Scotland Yard that the Fuzz-Faced Phantom is at work. Soon, Charley MacNeesha and his assistant MacGregor are sent across the ocean to investigate. But even as they arrive at the home, a new series of weird events begins.

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Plot Keywords:

new york | phantom | scotland yard | chicken | ship | 

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Genres:

Short | Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 1928 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bowers Comedy Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

19 min 19 min (2004 National Film Preservation Foundation print)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. This film is preserved by the George Eastman House, has a running time of 19 minutes and an added music score.

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Connections

Featured in These Amazing Shadows (2011)

User Reviews

Funny, Wacky Stuff from Charley Bowers

This funny, wacky Charley Bowers comedy combines plenty of absurdist material with Bowers's trademark visual effects, along with plenty of sight gags and puns, to create an unusual and very entertaining short feature. As in so many of the short films that Bowers made, it has an odd kind of internal logic all its own, for all that it is completely off the wall and unpredictable.

Bowers plays a detective, sent to investigate the 'Fuzz-Faced Phantom', who is a wonderfully goofy concept. Aside from Bowers and the Phantom (played by Buster Brodie), most of the other characters have to play it straight and endure a series of indignities – that is, except for Charley's amusing assistant MacGregor, another imaginative conception that has to be seen to be appreciated.

Bowers squeezes quite a bit out of the material, and it keeps up an enjoyably manic pace for the entire running time, until it winds up the story and the case in an amusing way that seems entirely appropriate.