Chester Conklin's in-laws are coming over for dinner, and there's nothing to feed them.... or is there? Neighbor Slim Summerville has just cooked a turkey ....
Conklin was one of the mainstays of Sennett's operations and later played bit parts, the last more than half a century later in A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY. He was as close to a utility comic as they came at Keystone and was often cast against some other, larger character, often Mack Swain, with whom he was the aggressive little guy.
Here it's Summerville, who had a far more distinguished career until his death in 1946. Summerville played a major supporting role in ALL'S QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, was a frequent co-star of Zasu Pitts and the year he died had a major supporting role in THE HOODLUM SAINT -- in which Conklin had a minor supporting role. The two get into a series of escalating tiffs and the supporting players, including Al Saint John in a heavy beard and Minta Durfee are the unwitting bystanders.
It's pretty much a standard Keystone for the era, but certainly competently done.
Conklin was one of the mainstays of Sennett's operations and later played bit parts, the last more than half a century later in A BIG HAND FOR THE LITTLE LADY. He was as close to a utility comic as they came at Keystone and was often cast against some other, larger character, often Mack Swain, with whom he was the aggressive little guy.
Here it's Summerville, who had a far more distinguished career until his death in 1946. Summerville played a major supporting role in ALL'S QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, was a frequent co-star of Zasu Pitts and the year he died had a major supporting role in THE HOODLUM SAINT -- in which Conklin had a minor supporting role. The two get into a series of escalating tiffs and the supporting players, including Al Saint John in a heavy beard and Minta Durfee are the unwitting bystanders.
It's pretty much a standard Keystone for the era, but certainly competently done.
