Shoot Straight

1923
10m

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Paul becomes involved in an argument with members of the Dead Shot Hunting Lodge as to who shot the duck. But everybody knows that a duck gun is no good when you are chased by a bear, which ... Read allPaul becomes involved in an argument with members of the Dead Shot Hunting Lodge as to who shot the duck. But everybody knows that a duck gun is no good when you are chased by a bear, which happened to Paul.Paul becomes involved in an argument with members of the Dead Shot Hunting Lodge as to who shot the duck. But everybody knows that a duck gun is no good when you are chased by a bear, which happened to Paul.

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5.7/10

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James Parrott

Squirrel Hunter
(as Paul Parrott)

Jobyna Ralston

Hunter

George Rowe

Hunter

Eddie Baker

Hunter
(uncredited)

Director
- J.A. Howe
Writer
- Hal Roach
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6/10

Hunting Parrotts

Paul Parrott is very good in this fairly typical variations-on-a-theme single reel comedy from the Hal Roach Studio. It begins when he goes into the woods to hunt rabbits and ends, exit, pursued by bear. It's not a plot, exactly, but it has a beginning, an ending and events that make sense in a silent-comedy sort of way. If you've ever seen Elmer pursue Bugs, you know what you're getting and the execution is very good.

Paul, who looked pretty much like his brother, Charley Chase, went behind the camera within a year or two of making this film and directed some of Laurel & Hardy's best shorts. Like his brother, he was skilled in comedy construction. Also like his brother, he was prone to addiction and died too young of what may have been drug overdoses.

That would be a decade and a half in the future. In this one, he's funny.