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Dir: Eddie Lyons

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Shot in the Dumbwaiter perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Mr. Ups likes the gay life and Mr. Downs is a "stay-at-home." One night when Ups is out sporting and Downs is home in bed, Ups arrives at the entrance of the apartment house at the same time with Downs' wife. Ups' wife, who is at home, hears the cat ransacking the milk cans in the kitchen and thinks a burglar is in the house. Then Mr. Ups and Mrs. Downs arrive and the chase starts. Up and down the dumbwaiter goes Downs and Mrs. Ups, looking for the burglar, one in his bathrobe the other in her pajamas. The mystery is solved and the two couples become the best of friends.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

Eddie and Lee are newspaper reporters and Mildred is a vamping Russian countess in a laughable "Bolsheviki" burlesque in which Eddie and Lee find themselves obliged to commit all sorts of crimes, but wake to find it all a dream.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

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

A burlesque on the making of a picture based on an Alaskan story.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

Nifty Ned is a heavyweight champion that meets all comers. He is successful through the fact that he manages to back his opponents against the scenery at the back of the stage ring. From a vantage point behind the scenes, Happy Harry whacks the opponent on the head with a club, invariably causing the "knockout." The end comes when the "heavyweight" is pushed against the scenery by one of his opponents, and Happy Harry knocks out the wrong man.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

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

The newlyweds buy a rooster and expect it to lay eggs. Food conservation also comes in for some quiet, humorous effects.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

The troubles of two quarreling couples, the Blacks and the Whites. They get divorces, and Mr. Black weds Mrs. White and Mr. White weds Mrs. Black.

Dir: Reggie Morris

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Eddie Lyons

Eddie has a wife and baby. Lee plays his well known role of janitor, who finds himself with the baby, a dog and a parrot on his hands, after a mix-up in the apartment house, but eventually gets them in the hands of their proper owners.

Dir: Richard Smith

Two female candidates for Chief of Police live across the hall from each other, and their political rivalry follows them home, leading to plenty of hi-jinks.