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Writer:
Mack Sennett (writer)
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Release Date:
14 November 1915 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Short
Plot:
An inventor and his accomplice plan to rob a ship carrying gold bullion by using a submarine. A waiter overhears their plans, buys himself an admiral's uniform, tricks his way into command of the sub and plots to take the ship himself. | add synopsis
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If you looked at the Allday 'American Slapstick' DVD.... more (3 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Syd Chaplin ... Ambitious waiter
Wesley Ruggles ... The inventor's accomplice
Glen Cavender ... A shrewd inventor
Phyllis Allen ... A pugnacious guest
Virginia Fox
Edgar Kennedy
Harold Lloyd ... Cook
Heinie Conklin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fritz Schade
Ted Edwards ... Waiter (uncredited)
Charles Lakin ... Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Avery 
Syd Chaplin 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Mack Sennett  writer

Produced by
Mack Sennett .... executive producer
 
Production Management
Hampton Del Ruth .... assistant production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Grover G. Tigor .... assistant director
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Submarine Story (USA) (working title)
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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Filming Locations:
San Diego, California, USA
Company:
Keystone Film Company more

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If you looked at the Allday 'American Slapstick' DVD...., 6 December 2006
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Author: boblipton from New York City

....and paid attention to the written and spoken commentary, then if you are not terribly familiar with the people involved, you may taken on board a few false ideas: 1: Syd introduced brother Charlie to Fred Karno and thus produced one of the greatest talents in the movies. Uh, not quite. In fact, Charlie had been a boy actor, quite possibly being in one of William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes productions in 1905 as 'Billy the Page.' 2: This is the first appearance of Syd in any home video of any Syd Chaplin movie. Well, there is a seven- or eight-tape set of Keystones that is still floating around in which three of Syd's 'Gussle' shorts appear.

But of course, errors like that are irrelevant to any movie. How good is this movie? It's a pretty good Keystone three-reeler of the period, chaotic to the modern eye, but very funny.

And how is Syd? Well, you can see he's Charlie's brother and also a graduate of the Karno company..... look for the occasional 'interrupted line of movement' gag that most people know as seeming to offer to shake hands, that turns into flattening one's hair.

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