Cinematic Discoveries Following the Footsteps of The Head Waiter: Cult Guide

Dir: Larry Semon

A lawman out to get moonshiners runs into a female director filming a movie with a female cast. Chaos ensues.

Dir: Larry Semon

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Larry Semon

Semon's character, working behind the scenes, creates mayhem during a vaudeville performance.

Dir: Larry Semon

Larry Semons is sent to collect unpaid rent in a rough neighborhood where "Babe" Hardy as the local boss won't give up easily.

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

Dir: Larry Semon

Larry applies for a job as a revenue officer, ready to catch bootleggers.

Dir: Larry Semon

Such plot as there may be concerns the endeavors of the local, sheriff and his merry men to arrest the elusive Larry for speeding. The sheriff is the devil and Larry's farmer employer is the deep sea. between the two, poor Larry has a rough time, but he finishes, as he deserves, in the arms of the farmer's lovely daughter, to whom he is married amidst the debris of a shattered motor-car, in which the entire wedding party have just leaped over a cliff.

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

Dir: Larry Semon

Larry is the booby sheriff of a Western town named Beer Bottle Bend, whose lawlessness matched his witlessness. A demure little thing from the East arrives on the same stage with a consignment of $100,000 to the sheriff, and the town proceeds to celebrate. After reforming the champion "elbow-bender" of the community, the demure one inspires the sheriff to action against the lawless element. The $100,000 changes hands in rapid and humorous fashion, and finally comes into the possession of the demure thing who had followed the cash all the way from New York. Larry proceeds to make a few cursory remarks on women.

Dir: Larry Semon

What with pretty women lounging around the lobby, Larry's existence as a secret guardian of a hotel is all roses until a valise filled with jewels is left in his hands for safekeeping. Larry locks it up in the hotel safe, but not before crooks have caught a glimpse of the gems. Thenceforth every art and artifice is employed by them to separate Larry and the hotel from the jewels.

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

Dir: Larry Semon

A woman and her daughter are throwing a party, and Larry Semon is in the kitchen, joined by some monkeys and jewel thieves. What could go wrong?

Dir: Larry Semon

Big Ben has the largest store in the town of New Ralgia. His chief clerk is in love with the post mistress. The three of them get involved in a series of mishaps with their customers and with the town ladies' man, whose advances conceal a more sinister purpose.