The Auteur's Selection Complementing the Tone of Salome vs. Shenandoah: Cult Guide

Dir: Ray Grey

Paul and his little pal "Sunshine Sammy" are traveling across the continent and their arrival in a small town is disclosed by the opening of a man hole cover on the top of an empty tank car. Not having much coin of the realm, the hungry pair immediately scheme to get a meal. When passing an appetizing looking restaurant they meet an apparently benevolent old gentleman to whom they tell their tale of woe. The kindly disposed man takes them into the restaurant and tells them to eat any and everything they desire and excuses himself for a moment but fails to return. The scenes which follow arrival of the proprietor whose explanation that the man who ordered the meal for them had escaped from an asylum, add to the discomforture of the now satisfied travelers. Their endeavors to make restitution and their flight from the restaurant wind up in a merry chase and their eventual eluding of the police.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Andy Takes a Flier perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Ray Grey

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Ray Grey

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

A parody of the 1919 film Lombardi, Ltd. (1919).

Dir: Ray Grey

Paul finds himself alone and penniless in a small town and to add to his discomfort, he is exceedingly hungry. He enters a restaurant A-La-Cafeteria and before selecting the items that would make up an ordinary meal, he samples nearly everything on the layout before the proprietor gets wise to him. In revenge, the proprietor outs him to work and all would have gone well until Paul's inventive brain exerts itself and he induces the proprietor to install a new system, namely one of the LUNCH BASKET ORDER which automatically locks as the goods are put into it. The scheme worked nicely until one day with an unusual lunch hour rush, the baskets are all filled and a cry of fire soon empties the restaurant, guests baskets and all. This so annoys the proprietor that the last we see of Paul is his being flattened against the wall with the proprietor's two revolvers pointing at him.

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

Dir: Ray Grey

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Ray Grey

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

When a robber enters the bank and says, "Hands Up," to the cashier, the latter obeys, but at the same time he presses a pedal with his foot releasing a trap door and dropping the crook through the floor into the police station below. Here he finds himself before the sergeant's desk. His trial is brief for the sergeant gives him a crack on the head, and also presses a pedal dropping the criminal into a cell below. The River Gang swear revenge upon the bank and lay a deep plot. In the meantime the son of the president finds a map indicating a buried treasure. He starts digging and tunnels under the bank and into the vault where he discovers gold. Father and son not only discover that they have dug into their own vault, but also find the vault filled with members of the River Gang.