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- Only the first reel is known to survive. Bill and Jennie marry over his aunt's objections. As the couple leaves on their honeymoon, his aunt shows up to chaperon. A luggage mix-up causes jealousy and suspicion.
- Louise gets hired as a maid for a swank society party, but the it's really a set up for a bunch of tough jewel robbers. She gets hold of the swag and a big slapstick chase along a highway and beach ensues.
- The day's takings from a shop are stolen and an employee gives chase to catch the crooks.
- The scout troop give a circus in which they use the dogs belonging to nearly everybody in town and the owners break up the show by seeking to reclaim their pets.
- Jackie and Tom are assistants in a nursery. Their job is to take care of the babies which tired mothers leave there while doing their shopping. Their duties are numerous, for the nursery is equipped with cubby-holes in which each baby is stored and a machine which bathes and dresses the infants. -The Mayor lives next door to the nursery and the noise and the tricks which Jack and Tom play on him annoys him so that he decides to spend the rest of the summer at Restwell Springs. Hardly has he become settled there before the nursery forces, accompanied by a few of the babies, arrive on the scene. Jack and Tom don't lose any time in starting mischief. Finally the Mayor in desperation calls the council together and proposes an ordinance prohibiting babies being born under twenty years of age. Their deliberations are interrupted by the kids, who have succeeded In substituting a hornet's nest for a roast and the hornets successfully break up the meeting. The Mayor chases the kids into the woods. Determined on revenge they procure a bear skin and attempt to frighten the Mayor who sees through the trick and lays for them with his cane. But a real bear emerges from the woods and chases the Mayor back to the hotel. The sick guests of the sanitarium suddenly regain their health and discard wheelchairs and crutches in a wild scramble for safety. The bear follows and soon clears out the hotel. Jackie and Tom are enjoying the fun hugely when the bear catches sight of them. They climb into their daschund-o-mobile but the dog refuses to pull until he sees the bear headed for them and then he dashes off down the road at express-train speed.
- Al takes the Overland Limited for the open spaces and on the way encounters the girl, who is much sought by a pair of yegg-men, who would capture her and hold her until her father delivered to them the deed to the rich mine he owns. After much horse- play in which Al thwarts the villains after they have taken the girl, it all comes out right in the end.
- A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.
- Two aspiring marksmen take lesson in a shooting gallery with make-believe marshes as the background. Their ability stays at zero while they manager to demolish the shooting gallery. What they have left standing is undone by the man in the studio below them who is trying to attach a gas-light fixture to the ceiling.
- The Duff family shares a duplex bungalow with a police sergeant and his wife. While the Duffs endure a series of trials in making a home and finding ways to relax, the policeman is worried about tracking down Gypsy Joe and his gang. Soon, everyone involved meets up under unlikely and hazardous circumstances.
- Garrett and Ryan are on an adventure to see stars in America but they find a gay bar that slows their journey
- The modern story is the opener, which tells of Clarence, a jelly fish type of young man who is bashful and timid. At the Governor's party he tries to please the host's daughter, but only manages to make himself ridiculous by his awkward actions. He almost ruins the party, and the Governor in disgust declares that his daughter will never marry such a jelly fish. Then Clarence's aunt champions him, and proudly tells the assemblage that Clarence's great grandfather was a bold, bad pirate. Here the story takes up the pirate sequences, which are well handled, both in scenic qualities and acting The exploits of the pirate in subduing his mutinous crew single handed are full of clever comedy stunts. It is an extravaganza of the musical comedy variety, and the pirate atmosphere is realistic and entertaining. Fred Pangborn is featured, and does his best work in the pirate sequences. The kick come when the aunt concludes her story which has changed Clarence into a regular he-man. He asserts himself, clears the room with a handy sword, and kidnaps the daughter.
- A millionaire, alone in his big house except for his servants, receives a letter notifying him that his grandson, Big Boy, has been cared for by a poor family ever since his birth and that the law now demands that he, as the only living relative of the child, assume the care of it. The rich man protests, but it is the law, he sends his chauffeur and his secretary-butler for the infant. Big Boy is found at the widow's home, surrounded by his friends, the widow's children. When he is told that he must go to his grandfather's house to live he is heart-broken. He kisses all his playmates farewell, not forgetting his animal friends-the cows, chickens and the pigs. It is a real blow when he is told that he must leave Mutt, his dog, behind. But Mutt outwits everybody and steals a ride on the top of the big car. He is discovered and thrown off, only to catch a ride on the rear bumpers. When they arrive at the millionaire's home, the dog is thickly covered with dust and soot from the exhaust of the car. Big Boy angers his grandpa first by accidentally stepping inside his silk hat. Then he gets tangled up in the hat rack and has to cry for help. The millionaire regards the child coldly but is very nearly won by Big Boy's smile when the dog enters. Mutt jumps into grandpa's lap, covering him with dust and soot, and then chases the parrot all over the house. This soon has the house in an uproar and throws his grandfather into a terrible mood. Big Boy follows him, tracking soot and mud all over the rugs and carpets, throwing the servant into a rage. But again the millionaire's heart is softened by the child, and the picture closes with Big Boy safely established as a member of the household.
- "Big Boy" is the neglected child of the family. While his fat and pampered brother is eating a huge breakfast, "Big Boy" is trying to get more milk for him. He is on his way home from the grocery carrying the bottle when he drops and breaks the milk bottle. "Big Boy" knows that he dare not return home without the milk. He sees a billboard of a cow and thinking it is the real thing, procures a milk bottle and tries to induce the cow to give him some milk. A miracle apparently happens for the bottle is filled with a white fluid which looks like milk but is really paint spilled by men who are painting the back of the sign board. The child hurries home with his filled bottle. The fat brother drinks the contents greedily and is surprised when he discovers it is paint. Mother declares that "Big Boy" shall be sent to bed and that he will not be allowed to go to the circus with the other of the children. "Big Boy" goes to his room. In a moment he gets an idea, climbs down a ladder and is soon on his way to the circus. He lands on a toy automobile and goes rushing through traffic, finally arriving at the circus where he tears through the tent and into the middle of the ring. He is chased out by the ringmaster. He tries again to get into the show and again is chased out. The third attempt succeeds when he hides in a barrel. But it is the barrel which is used in a juggling act, and "Big Boy" is whirled around until he is dizzy. The ringmaster again ejects him. But he enters again and is thrown to the shoulders of a trio of acrobats. The crowd cheers and "Big Boy" takes a bow--only to wake up and find that it was all a dream. But mother relents and takes him to the circus.
- Jackie is a regular kids' kid-a "tough egg" and the main grievance he has against life is that his maiden aunt insists on dressing him in Little Lord Fauntleroy clothes-and he has to lick every kid in the neighborhood just to prove that clothes don't make the mollycoddle. With his aunt he is going to visit friends in the city and his little playmates from the country drive in to see him off on the train and to say goodbye. They bring him various presents dear to the heart of a boy-a frog and a handful of fish worms that have never been used. He hates to part with his friends and smuggles them into the car. When the train starts his aunt will not pay the fares for the youngsters and insists that they be put off the train. The conductor promises to do this at the next stop. Then Jackie's frog gets loose in the car and causes a lot of commotion when it lands on the head of a bald man. The kids get into other mischief until the conductor herd them all into the baggage car for safe keeping. They are quiet enough in the baggage car until Jackie seats himself on a porcupine and uncrates a lot of geese and chickens which find their way back into the passenger coaches. The donkey gets into the coaches and there is a merry time until the animals are finally chased back into their proper place. By this time the passengers on the train are desperate and they insist that the conductor put the kid off the train at the first stop. When the train reaches the next station they are all chased off.
- The Van Pelton swimming pool is at first revealed with the children of the aristocracy in all of their glory. Two of the gas house kids happen in and determine upon a similar pool down in their neighborhood. All sorts of contrivances are rigged up with a bathtub for a chute the chutes and the price of a chute one bottle. Mrs. Van Pelton happens in the neighborhood with her child and leaves the latter in the limousine. The child wanders to the swimming pool and is made one of the gang. She is discovered by her adoring mother in such a begrimed condition that only a mother could identify her.
- Jack was a great help to his mother. He watched the baby while she did the neighbors' washings. ---Then he delivered the washing while mother hunted up more trade. Between deliveries Jack was captain of the East Side Base-BaIl Team. He was captain because he owned the ball. The score of the big game between the East Side and the West Side teams was forty to nothing in favor of the East Side when the game was called on account of darkness, but the West Side hadn't been to bat yeti But Jack's mother decided that her family was too large to be supported by the washing business and Jack was taken to an orphan asylum along with his dog. The dog wouldn't stay out of the asylum and Jack wouldn't stay in. The superintendent sent for the best dog-catcher in town, determined to put Jack's dog under the sod. But the canine catcher had more trouble catching Jack's dog than he would have had catching an eel in a barrel of oil. The dog thought of more ways to outwit the dog-catcher than there were fleas on his back. Jack finally liberated the captives in the dog-catcher's wagon and then the fun started in earnest but Jack saved the entire lot and took them home to his tired mother. Next day Jack was reading the paper when he saw a lost and found advertisement announcing a big reward for the return of a lot of dogs lost from a kennel. Jack recognizes the rescued dogs as the missing pets and returns them to the owner and the reward he gets enables him to buy his mother a new cuckoo clock, a new washboard-and a Rolls Royce.
- A boy is sent to his society aunt, where his pals join him and make a mess of the place.
- Lige attempts to get into his own room in his father's house without disturbing the family, after staying out until the wee small hours of the morning.
- Bobby is playing sick to get out of some work his mother has told him to do. He is in bed and the doctor is visiting him. His mother and two nurses are also in attendance for Bobby is the son of the richest family in town. But Bobby is all boy-and out on the lot near his window his boy friends are playing base-ball. Bobby is their pinch hitter, but can not get out to play. The score is tied and the team needs his services and they get a message to him. Bobby gets out of bed, still in his nightgown, races to the plate, swings and knocks a home run and keeps on running back to his bed. The doctor come's in again and notices his heavy breathing and declares that he is in a serious condition. Again the score is tied and again Bobby sneaks out to make the winning run. This time some jealous rival throws a tomato which splatters Bobby's face with the juice and when he gets back in bed the doctor declares that he has the measles. The kids outside continue their game until the ball is finally knocked through the window. "Pal" is sent in to get it but fails-and the kids stream in to recover the ball. They are discovered and quarantined in the house. As Bobby is not sick, they plan a wonderful time. He proposes a Charleston contest and the kids don the clothes of the grown-ups and have their party. Then some one proposes a bathing party in the big bathroom. The bunch disport themselves in the spacious tub until they are discovered. Then it is noticed that the "measles" have all washed off of Bobby's face-and the kids are sent home, sadder and wiser.