Johnny Burke is doing his Harry Langdon naif imitation for this late Sennett silent as a newsboy who thinks it would be a fine thing to catch crook Vernon Dent and pick up a nice reward thereby. But while he's standing around blankly, some stolen pearls are planted in his pocket. The usual mischief ensues.
Sennett was preparing to go into sound -- and color! -- production, but in the meantime he still had to meet his releasing schedule, and the late silent Sennetts are pretty good -- rarely great, but certainly consistently amusing, with a practiced crew in front of and behind the camera. Burke may be the lead, but it's Sennett regular Vernon Dent who has the best role.
Sennett was preparing to go into sound -- and color! -- production, but in the meantime he still had to meet his releasing schedule, and the late silent Sennetts are pretty good -- rarely great, but certainly consistently amusing, with a practiced crew in front of and behind the camera. Burke may be the lead, but it's Sennett regular Vernon Dent who has the best role.