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A Day Out of Jail
(1917) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Alfred Santell
Cast: Lloyd V. Hamilton (Lloyd Hamilton) [Ham], Bud Duncan [Bud], Henry Murdock [Willie Mackarel], John Steppling [the warden], Juanita Sponsler [the warden’s daughter]
Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated [Ham Comedy]. / Released 28 June 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? After escaping from jail. Ham and Bud conceive the idea of becoming policemen when they see a “copper” remove a few bananas from a fruit stand and stroll away without bothering to pay for them. Ham is accepted, but Bud is disqualified on account of his height. However, he accompanies Ham on his beat. Willie Mackarel. the prison keeper, is in love with the warden’s daughter. When all other methods fail, he decides to use the “cave man” method of courtship, and is successful in making away with his sweetheart. They are spooning in the park, when they are seen from a distance by Ham and Bud. Ham decides to stop the “flirtation.” But when he finds that the culprit is his old Nemesis, the keeper, he and Bud flee for their lives. The keeper catches them, but promises them a chance to make a getaway if they will get him a minister. When Bud, disguised as a minister, comes upon the scene simultaneously with the enraged warden, things begin to happen and finally end up in a whirlwind climax when Ham and Bud are pursued by the keeper in a boat which happens to have no bottom. They finally forsake the water for the sky, when the keeper hurls a stick of dynamite which land in Ham and Bud’s boat.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 24 November 2023.
References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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