Cinematic Discoveries Resonating with the Themes of A Neighbor's Keyhole: Cult Guide

Dir: Henry Lehrman

Gale Galem, pugilistically known as "Six-Second" Smith, almost turns motion picture actor as a means of forcing "Red" Mack, the champ, into a fight.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Keystone Comedies perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Roaring Lions on the Midnight Express perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Round 12 finishes the second of the Fighting Blood Series. Gale's great fight with the light-heavyweight champion of the world comes off and has some exciting details. The long war between the blonde and brunette ends and the latter, Patricia, elopes with Gale in time to have a double wedding as Rosemary marries her director.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Switching Hour perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

The action of the comedy concerns the arrival of Mrs. Newlywed's large and strong-minded family on "a short visit of five or six months." Besides the threats of his pugnacious father-in-law and the destructive habits of his i nephews, Mr. Newlywed's miseries are still further increased by an uninvited cousin, a vaudeville performer, who brings a performing seal with him in a portmanteau. A disappearing bed, which can be pushed out of sight into a rubbish shed, figures prominently in the plot, which terminates in a wild comic mix-up.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

Gale gets into movies and plays the hero in a Western melodrama in which Patricia and Rosemary rival each other to be his leading lady. There are some good comedy touches as Nate, the fighter's manager, suddenly becomes a dude. The number ends with a thrilling prize fight in which Gale is the winner, thus insuring his popularity in the film he has made.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Shadows of Her Pest perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Ex-Champion Gale Galen, his trainer and manager advertise for a mother. This brings a deluge of applicants, but only one seems to strike the fancy of the pugilistic trio.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

Gale tries his art in social circles - particularly the home of Patricia Paddington, but is snubbed by her father. At the end of an exciting bout Paddington appears and gives the girl her choice of her own home or Gale, the fighter. Gale advises her to go with her father.