Billy Dooley was a Broadway and vaudeville hoofer whom Al Christie and Paramount tried to promote into a film comedy star. With old hand William Watson directing and Dooley looking like Larry Semon in a sailor suit, he made a couple of seasons of short comedies and later subsided in bit parts.
In this one he is in love with series co-star Vera Steadman, who is a fashion model in this one. After mistaking a book on jiu-jitsu for a book on making love, Billy disrupts a fashion show and evades the cops who are trying to throw him out of the place. He gets to show off a few dance steps and do some bicycle tricks, aided by an undercranked camera. Like most of Dooley's shorts, it's all right, but nothing special; despite the efforts to give him a distinctive, semi-realistic look, any of several dozen comics could have done the job.
In this one he is in love with series co-star Vera Steadman, who is a fashion model in this one. After mistaking a book on jiu-jitsu for a book on making love, Billy disrupts a fashion show and evades the cops who are trying to throw him out of the place. He gets to show off a few dance steps and do some bicycle tricks, aided by an undercranked camera. Like most of Dooley's shorts, it's all right, but nothing special; despite the efforts to give him a distinctive, semi-realistic look, any of several dozen comics could have done the job.
