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Case Dismissed

1924 · 12 min

A frantic silent-era gag reel of courtroom chaos, chases and slapstick stunts that breezes by in a flurry of silly faces.

Overview
Slim appears as a police court judge and Bobby as one of the jurors who is later given a job as bailiff. The reel deals with three or four different cases that come up, one a female bootlegger, the other a diminutive man charged with beating his big wife; another raises the question of whether a mule is gentle, and Bobby is called on to ride him. The last charge is against a wild man who escapes, taking Bobby along as he is chained to him. A train runs over the chain and the two drop from the trestle into the police auto.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • justice
  • class
  • madness
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour8
Realism3
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight1

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Slim Summerville
Starring
Jean Arthur, Slim Summerville, Bobby Dunn
Runtime
12 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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