In attempting to rescue a charming young girl from drowning, Bobby becomes involved in a fracas with the police. Many complications ensue including an interesting mix-up in a tailor's shop where Bobby and his opponents have gone to have their clothing put to rights.
Glen Lambert
United States

The Kinetic Architecture of Silent DesperationIn the pantheon of silent-era slapstick, certain figures occupy the celestial heights—Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd—while others, equally adept at the physical geometry of humor, linger in the fertile shadows of cinematic history. Bobby Dunn is one such figure, a performer whose r...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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Eduardo Notari
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"The Kinetic Architecture of Silent DesperationIn the pantheon of silent-era slapstick, certain figures occupy the celestial heights—Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd—while others, equally adept at the physical geometry of humor, linger in the fertile shadows of cinematic history. Bobby Dunn is one such figure, a performer whose rubber-limbed agility and expressive vulnerability find a perfect crucible in the Glen Lambert-penned Poor But Honest. This film is not merely a sequence of gags; it is a frantic, b..."

