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One Night Synopsis
The Gentleman Drunk returns to the hotel about midnight, climbing into bed with his silk hat on. Upstairs the Ham Actor climbs through the window and down a rope, beating his board bill. Across the hall, talking in whispers the Girl and her fiancé plan an elopement, enraged at parental objections to kissing in the hotel parlor. Hearing the Ham Actor scuffling down the wall on the rope, the Drunk staggers to the window and peers out, his silk hat falling to the ground below. Stealthily he creeps downstairs and onto the sidewalk to regain it. In the meantime the Girl and Man are ready for flight, but the irate parents catch them. The Drunk loses his nightgown, and to hide from some girls entering the hotel, rolls up in a rug and runs wildly through the halls. The Ham Actor has aroused the guests of the hotel, who think him a burglar. Nora in the kitchen is entertaining the Cop. Together they capture the Ham Actor and finally discover the Drunk in hiding under the sofa.
My Baby Synopsis
Playboy Bobby is somewhat useless. Shirley refuses to marry him unless he gets a job. He leaves his father's business and becomes a bus conductor. Shirley has a baby, which is kidnapped by George (the villain), Bobby and the nurse (uncredited) pursue the kidnapper, and after some high ladder work, they rescue the baby, George is captured by the police and Bobby's father get to see his new grandson.
"One Night" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "My Baby" offers its own unique cult appeal.
Suggested Watch:
One Night