Hidden Genre Gems In Alignment with the style of Throwing the Bull: Cult Guide

Dir: Gregory La Cava

Murray appears as a man trying to fathom the income tax, while his daughter is in love with a young musician known as the "fiddling fool."

Dir: Gregory La Cava

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

A young man gains possession of a letter of introduction intended for someone else and on the strength of it proceeds to get a job. He manages to cause any number of complications through his well-meant efforts, which provide the basis for a number of ingenious gags. Raymond McKee appears as "the nuisance" in question, with Mary Anderson opposite as the boss's daughter. Charles Murray appears as the father, and is good for a number of laughs with his characteristic business.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

When Ignatz Mouse throws the brick at the Smelly Skunk and cashing him.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

As Prohibition takes effect, an irate wife throws away all of the Judge's liquor and sends him to a temperance lecture. While waiting for it to start, he tries the liquor substitute from the establishment across the street.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

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

An inquiring reporter, attempting to solve a series of mysterious hotel robberies, finds that the robber is a bogus baron who is being lavishly entertained by the new-rich parents of his sweetheart.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Gregory La Cava

Pat (Raymond McKee) is an inventive nut, but lacks the necessary capital to put his inventions over. He is anxious to interest Murray in the enterprises and also win for himself the hand of Murray's daughter. One of his greatest inventions is the boomerang bullet which will reach its mark without any aim. How this gun and boomerang bullet mixes things up in general, both for Murray and Pat's matrimonial prospects, forms one of the amusing situations.