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Dir: James D. Davis

Paul slaps golf balls around to the damage of everything and everybody in sight, both on the links and in his home.

Dir: James D. Davis

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: James D. Davis

A country youth, who is an amateur cameraman, and a city chap, are in a rivalry for a girl.

Dir: James D. Davis

Paul is trying to elope with a girl whose father offers vigorous opposition. A rival suitor, who is a giant in stature, is also an impediment in the pathway of the swain and "his girl," but opposition to the runaway is finally overcome when the girl in the case sets fire to the house in which she is held captive and in the ensuing complication of events escapes with her Romeo.

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

Dir: James D. Davis

On the usual thread of romance in this kind of Mack Sennett comedy, are hung a series of amusing situations, and one of the most original is where one of the "fighting gentlemen" attempts to keep the tail of the cow he is milking still by tying it to his suspenders. When the cow takes fright and decides to make her getaway it is easy to imagine what happens. This, however, is only the outcome of another funny incident in which the dog and a couple of his grown-up playmates are engaged in a game of "blind man's buff" and he who happens to be chosen "it" gets in the way of an old-fashioned swing in motion. He is knocked into the midst of several hives of bees, and his mad rush to escape the stings of the insects sets several other comedy properties in motion. An old automobile, a team of horses in a runaway dash, driven by a tiny baby boy, and various persons on bicycles and otherwise propelled enter the chase. Another amusing and original incident is where Louise Fazenda, in a perfectly modest bathing suit, is fished from the stream by the hook of a young man's fishing pole. - Moving Picture World, 12 June 1920.

Dir: James D. Davis

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: James D. Davis

An office boy is in love with his employer's daughter. A stolen necklace, a masquerade ball, and chase scenes at the close are some of the ingredients.

Dir: James D. Davis

Larry is the suitor for the hand of a charming young lady whose father favors a big rough guy. Almost the entire action takes place inside the home of the girl during a severe electric storm. The manner in which Larry and the other principal are being continually struck by lightning and the way the lightning follows Larry all over the place, up and down stairs and around corners, is cleverly done.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Let 'er Go perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: James D. Davis

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: James D. Davis

Paul's career as a shoeshine man is interrupted when he is mistaken for an escaped convict, but after the Station Master gives him a job at the train station he proves his worth.