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Dir: Jess Robbins

Peter Stalton, retiring as a bank cashier, is anxious that his nephew Richard Twing should succeed him. The directors, however, appoint Arthur Barnes, engaged to Helen Wilbur, the president's daughter. Being highly superstitious, Helen makes Arthur promise to cross back under a ladder under which he has walked earlier in the day. In doing so, he is accused of robbing a house and is pursued by the police. Passing the bank in which he works, he sees two robbers making a getaway just as the president and Helen arrive. Arthur pursues the bandits in their car, accompanied by Helen. They are arrested and accused of robbing Stalton's house and the bank, but Arthur is cleared by Sam, the Negro janitor, who exposes Richard Twing as the culprit. Arthur is freed and is happily reunited with his fiancée.

Dir: Jess Robbins

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

A presentation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" with variations that provoke mirth.

Dir: Jess Robbins

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jess Robbins

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

An open-air battle in the rain. This is for charity on a place willed Jack, which is an orphanage. When Jack discovers that his opponent, instead of the amateur society boxer, is the ex-champ, the battle waxes furious, the rain coming just in time to save Jack from a doped towel.

Dir: Jess Robbins

Jimmy is an interior decorator at an artists house, and immediately causes damage to any art not nailed down.

Dir: Jess Robbins

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Jess Robbins

Through sheer bluff Rodney Marvin ( Edward Everett Horton ) gets a job on a newspaper; becomes editor Matt Hayward's ( James Corrigan ) partner; and brings about a reconciliation between Hayward and his long time enemy, Mayor Gorham ( Lloyd Ingraham ).

Dir: Jess Robbins

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

Cliff is to meet Rose under an umbrella but he has trouble as everyone has an umbrella. He has trouble with an elderly gent who turns out to be Rose's father. To get the best of the old man, Cliff dons a mustache and later puts on women's clothes. Father falls for him and also gets in trouble with another woman who starts the crowd after him as a masher. Much of the action takes place around an amusement park. The principals enter small autos and chase around finally leaving the enclosure and dashing into the water.

Dir: Jess Robbins

A young man and a young woman run into each other at a train station after their respective dates stand them up.

Dir: Jess Robbins

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.