A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
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Cast
Larry Semon | ... |
The Prop Man / Gentle Onlooker
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Oliver Hardy | ... |
Stage Manager / Audience Member
(as Babe Hardy)
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Frank Alexander | ... |
Ballet Dancer / Wife of Man with Family
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Lucille Carlisle | ... |
Leading Lady
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Betty Young | ... |
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Alice Davenport | ... |
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Al Thompson | ... |
Man Who Smuggles Family In
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Pete Gordon | ... |
His Son
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Frank J. Coleman | ... |
Audience Member / Woman With Hat / Cop
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Jack Miller | ... |
Villain
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Grover Ligon | ... |
Bald Policeman
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William Hauber | ... |
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Coy Watson |
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Ernie Adams | ... |
Magician / Audience Member (uncredited)
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Directed by
Larry Semon | ||
Norman Taurog |
Written by
Larry Semon | ... | (written by) & |
Norman Taurog | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Larry Semon | ... | producer |
Albert E. Smith | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
Hans F. Koenekamp | ... | (as H.F. Koenekamp) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roland Asher | ... | assistant director |
Stunts
William Hauber | ... | stunt double: Larry Semon |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Vitagraph Company of America (1922) (United States) (theatrical)
- Vitagraph Company (1922) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Cinema Club (2005) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Arts Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Grapevine Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (Larry Semon volume 1)
- Intertain (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises (2017) (United States) (DVD) (unknown) (Endless Slapstick: Larry Simon volume 13)
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- Arts Home Entertainment (artwork and DVD cover design)
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Did You Know?
Trivia | In a filmed interview of George Lucas in 1994 while he was writing the second trilogy of Star Wars, George Lucas is watching on videotape the chase of this movie with the train. Asking to himself "How did they do that ?". See more » |
Movie Connections | Referenced in Stop, Look and Listen (1926). See more » |