Gus and the Anarchists
Appearance
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Directed by | John A. Murphy |
Written by | Fred H. Hayn |
Produced by | Arthur Hotaling Sigmund Lubin |
Starring | Oliver Hardy |
Music by | John R. Madison |
Distributed by | General Film Company |
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Running time | split reel |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Gus and the Anarchists is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. The film was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company.
Plot
[edit]Gus, a waiter at a cheap cafe falls in love with Rosy, the coffee cashier. To make fun of him, she tells him that if he wants to be with her, he must become an anarchist like her. Colleagues of Rosy attend the joke, pretending all to be the members of the band of fearsome anarchists. In the place where they meet, Gus is told that, to prove loyal, he must commit murder. But before the mission can be completed, some false policemen break into the bar.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Oliver Hardy as Tom Dreck (as Babe Hardy)
- C. W. Ritchie as Gus Goober
- Frances Ne Moyer as Rosy Heintz
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909–1929: A Filmography and History. McFarland. 2015. ISBN 9781476611037.
External links
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Categories:
- 1915 films
- 1915 short films
- American silent short films
- American black-and-white films
- 1915 comedy films
- Films about anarchism
- Silent American comedy films
- Lubin Manufacturing Company films
- American comedy short films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language comedy short films
- 1910s short comedy film stubs