Top-Tier Alternatives Exploring the Legacy of Hoot Toot: Cult Guide

Dir: James D. Davis

A boxer offers $50 to anyone who can stay in the ring with him for an entire minute. Larry, through a series of mix-ups--including hitting the boxer in the face with a tomato--winds up in the ring with him but, with the aid of some strategically placed horseshoes, manages to knock the boxer out. When he comes to and finds out what happened, the outraged boxer sets out after Larry,

Dir: James D. Davis

Down on the farm old Pop Hebenezer had his troubles keeping his two daughters from spooning with his hired help. Luke loved Lucy, the younger daughter, and Billy loved Sally, the older one. The girls were serving their sweethearts with food but they forgot the food and made love. In the meantime the animal family, consisting of a goat, a donkey, a dog and a pig, were hungry, too. The dog spied the tray of food on the table, jumped through the window, grabbed the food and, ran away. Charlie, the oriental cook, the greatest little K. P. that ever was. He happened to pass outside of the window where the lovers were deeply engrossed, when they suddenly discovered the loss of their food, and blamed Charlie. They threw a pail of water over him for revenge. Pop invented a Nutt motor that would make anything on wheels stand as permanent as rock. The girls are keen about this, invention and all have a hand in perfecting it. When Pop looks around for his help he discovers Luke and Lucy on top of the barn on a see-saw. They had assigned the goat to beat the carpet and water the lawn, the donkey to put the hay in the loft, and the dog to mow the lawn. Sally and Billy camouflaged themselves like trees and were having a wild time all by their lonesome. Pop chases the lovers back to work and all is peaceful again. Two crooks are on their way to steal Pop's new invention, but the chief of police advises Pop of their arrival. The daughters put a lion in the case where the Nutt motor originally was, and the crooks steal this case and are very much surprised to find a not too loving lion staring them in the face. An uproarious chase follows, wherein the lion scares nearly everybody half to death.

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

Dir: James D. Davis

A burlesque on the performance of a traveling theatrical troupe performing the well-known "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Dir: James D. Davis

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Uncle Tom's Caboose perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: James D. Davis

A country girl is sent to visit her Aunt Maggie in the city. She arrives, carrying a pet duck. Aunt Maggie hates her niece until she learns that the girl has inherited a million dollars, when her hatred turns to love.

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.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Birthday Tangle 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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: James D. Davis

This film, with Larry as a dry agent, pokes fun at the situations which the enforcement act has produced throughout the country.

Dir: James D. Davis

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