This cartoon was very well made and timely for 1919. However, it's also one that had aged poorly...and today is more a curiosity than anything else.
The story begins on the day Prohibition begins in 1919. At that moment, Judge Rummy's wife throws away his huge stash of liquor and informs him he's going with her to a temperance lecture. On his way there, the judge happens to go by Silkhat Haarry's Soda shop....and there is SOMETHING in his drink that is causing everyone to behave rather strangely!
The big joke here are folks drinking and becoming intoxicated (or something)....big laughs for 1919 but no especially funny today. Also unfunny is the gay joke as well as the ending...which just felt a big flat. Overall, a film more for silent film buffs and historians than anyone else.
The story begins on the day Prohibition begins in 1919. At that moment, Judge Rummy's wife throws away his huge stash of liquor and informs him he's going with her to a temperance lecture. On his way there, the judge happens to go by Silkhat Haarry's Soda shop....and there is SOMETHING in his drink that is causing everyone to behave rather strangely!
The big joke here are folks drinking and becoming intoxicated (or something)....big laughs for 1919 but no especially funny today. Also unfunny is the gay joke as well as the ending...which just felt a big flat. Overall, a film more for silent film buffs and historians than anyone else.