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The Straight and Narrow
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)
Cast: Billy West [the ex-convict], Babe Hardy (Oliver Hardy) [his former cellmate], Leo White, Ethel Burton (Ethel Marie Burton), Rosemary Theby, Myrtle Lind
King-Bee Films Corporation production. / Produced by Louis Burstein. / Released 15 June 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Motography, 15 June 1918, page ?] Billy and Babe wander into a Mission House. Babe sneaks into the library and starts to drill the safe. Babe enters with the valuables under his coat. Billy discovers it and announces he will do some tricks of magic. He takes a silver platter, makes it disappear and then opens Babe’s coat and brings out all the silver taken by Babe from the safe, thereby saving the family that has befriended him from theft by his prison associate.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Robbery - Safes - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 7 October 2023.
References: Lahue-World p. 72b : Website-IMDb.
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