I love watching silent comedies and have seen thousands. Because of that, while a film like "Something in Her Eye" might not impress the average person if they saw it, I realized that for 1915 it was very funny stuff....even if the plot is incredibly contrived.
A lady is walking home when she gets something in her eye. She keeps blinking it...and guys think she's making a pass at them! Soon, three suitors show up at her front door!! But her father is a protective sort and he does what any slapstick dad would do in 1915...he starts shooting his gun aimlessly towards them. But when the lady informs her dad that they want to marry her, he gives chase because he wants to get her married! What's next? See the film.
This short stars a young Oliver Hardy over a decade before he'd become teamed up with Stan Laurel. He is fine and the film made me chuckle. However, some of the reactions were ridiculously over the top--typical of 1915 but silly when seen today.
By the way, the actress 'Billy Rhodes' is a fake according to IMDB and the lady pretending to be Ms. Rhodes isn't her at all! This sort of thing was NOT uncommon in the day and there were quite a few fake Charlie Chaplins as well...and the most famous of them, Billy West, made quite a few films with Oliver Hardy as well.
A lady is walking home when she gets something in her eye. She keeps blinking it...and guys think she's making a pass at them! Soon, three suitors show up at her front door!! But her father is a protective sort and he does what any slapstick dad would do in 1915...he starts shooting his gun aimlessly towards them. But when the lady informs her dad that they want to marry her, he gives chase because he wants to get her married! What's next? See the film.
This short stars a young Oliver Hardy over a decade before he'd become teamed up with Stan Laurel. He is fine and the film made me chuckle. However, some of the reactions were ridiculously over the top--typical of 1915 but silly when seen today.
By the way, the actress 'Billy Rhodes' is a fake according to IMDB and the lady pretending to be Ms. Rhodes isn't her at all! This sort of thing was NOT uncommon in the day and there were quite a few fake Charlie Chaplins as well...and the most famous of them, Billy West, made quite a few films with Oliver Hardy as well.
