The read
It runs a compact 9m.
Synopsis
After being ejected from an establishment for being drunk and disorderly, George Rowe, Sammy Brooks, Hughie Mack and Snub Pollard form a drunken singing quartet in the street before a car comes and takes Sammy and George away, leaving the other two staggering in the road. Snub and Hughie agree to go somewhere "where there are no wives, landlords or prohibitionists", and so three months later they emerge on a prairie with supplies dwindling.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Charley ChaseDirector
Cast
- Harry 'Snub' PollardCast
- Marie MosquiniCast
- Sunshine Sammy MorrisonCast
- Sammy BrooksCast
- Hughie MackCast
- George RoweCast
- Charles StevensonCast
Themes
marriageslapstick comedyblack and whitesilent filmalcoholic drinkshort filmdrunk mencomedyridiculoussnub pollardphysical comedy