Short film
High Spots
1927 · 8 min
A quick, silly silent-era gag reel of grocery-store slapstick that breezes by with cheerful, low-stakes mischief.
- Directed by
- Stephen Roberts
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Al St. John, Glen Cavender, Clem Beauchamp
- Overview
- Life is just one thing after another for AI, the hard-working clerk in the grocery store. He waits on customers, settles disputes and "pinch-hits" as barber in the store's shop. He is busy waiting on customers when an inebriated gentleman comes in and demands attention. He asks whether Al has any dry herring, and when Al admits having some, he tells Al to give them a drink. Then he walks out, leaving Al amazed. In a few minutes the same customer enters again and wants to see some canned peaches. Al hands him a can but he insists upon seeing the can that forms the keystone of a big and wonderful looking pile of cans. Al takes this can out of the pile which falls in a wreck on the floor-and the customer then decides that it is the wrong brand. The village smart aleck enters and tries to mooch a few cookies out of a barrel. But Al has had experience with grocery store loungers before and fixes up a mousetrap which discourages the cookie-mooching habit.
- How it feels
- Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Work
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Stephen Roberts
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Al St. John, Glen Cavender, Clem Beauchamp
