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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 Babes in Hollywood perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

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

Juan de Dios O'Rourke (Kenneth Harlan), an American Secret Service, of Spanish-Irish descent, leads the cattle ranchers and border patrol in a fight to suppress a gang of cattle rustlers, who have been driving large herds north-to-south from Texas into Mexico, and smuggling illegal, no-passport Chinese aliens south-to-north from Mexico into Texas, operating from a rambling mansion on the Texas side of the border, aided by his sweetheart, a rancher's daughter, Phoebe Joyce (Patsy Ruth Miller)

Dir: Henry Lehrman

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A barge fight between Gale and the heavyweight, Red Mack, is broken up by the police.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Neighbor's Keyhole 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

A beautiful day in Spring, and Miss May Time is beholding strange sights. Along comes gay young Billie Paste, son of a wealthy bill poster, and much stuck on himself, to meet his love, May Time. While. they are talking, an emigration of fleas from May's pet poodle, "Shimmie," causes a hasty retirement into the shrubbery, and a hurried disrobing by May, to rid herself of the offenders. And then- horrors. May turns to find her clothes gone, and in their stead the raiment of a man. Thus clothed she experiences many troubles and annoyances at the hands of a Mysterious Stranger, who is imbued with the spirit of Spring - until he is dragged into the lake in the nick of time by an obliging swan. Meanwhile, the wealthy bill poster has treacherously pasted Shimmie behind the Oriental dancer's poster, with the result that La Belle Fatima executed some remarkably Oriental movements on the billboard, shocking the passing populace, whenever "Shimmie" moves about. And then, in the midst of her troubles, Miss May Time wakes up - it was all a dream and Billy Paste proves to be none other than Montague Moon, May's own, wide awake sweetheart, while the wealthy bill poster turns out to be the hall boy in May's home, who keeps the guests in good spirits, with a hose full of hootch. Unable to use the family bath tub, because one of the lady house guests had taken up a permanent abode therein, much to the joy of the hall boy, who seems to have entree every where, May finally appeals to dear Montague, and he builds her a Russian bath on the floor above. Thither stealthily creeps the hall boy and the Mysterious Stranger, bent on beating May to it with a cooling plunge. But curses, the first dive proves the water to be glass. Troubles are but beginning for the hall boy and his mysterious friend. A quiet sleep is rudely interrupted by a nice warm fire in the middle of the bed, which greatly disturbs their dreams. In a panic, all rush for the fire extinguishers, and then the evils of bootlegging become apparent. The extinguishers are filled with inflammable hootch. Up to the roof they dash for help, but alas. The hall boy finds him self being borne swiftly to the edge of the roof on the stream of a fire hose, while the unlucky Stranger has mounted a ladder which is toppling precariously over into the canyon of the street. With the building burning around them, all appears to be lost.

Dir: Henry Lehrman

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

Harry Willis returns to Helen Hendon discouraged by his failure to make a fortune in 6 months as he promised. Accepting a job that will pay him $10,000 for following instructions for a day, Harry soon finds himself in a series of adventures that include an imbroglio at a costume ball, a doctor's attempts to transplant a gorilla's brains into his head, and a brawl in a temple with some Chinese who want a small idol belonging to him. When he applies for a marriage license, Harry discovers that these incidents were created to test his capacity to become a movie star. He wins both Helen and a movie contract.

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

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.