An elderly man decides to fly. Under the disapproving gaze of his valet, he attempts his first experiment by jumping from a swing. Then, he launches himself down the stairs with wings strapped to his shoulders. The results are inconclusive. He tries a third time. Hanging from the hook of the ceiling light, he manages to fly with the help of his valet, who pushes him. But, carried away by the speed, he crashes through the window and ends up embedded in the chimney of the neighboring house. A final attempt, in which he falls onto a roof and lands two stories below, in the kitchens, puts an end to his experiments (Source: CNC Film Archive Summary).
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A city chap, who as the result of a ducking, is forced to wear "rube" clothes. He meets a cabaret dancer who thinks to have fun by kidding him and keeping up the bluff he goes to the cabaret in this make-up.
Miss T is the centre of a series of short, humorous sex sketches in pin-up style à la Betty Page. She fights with the male member, which first knocks her out, but which she later rides triumphantly.
A scrappy lad from the skids attempts to court a well-to-do maiden. During his visits to her family estate, he upsets the Uplift committee that's weaseled their way into the home.
Propped upon the tail-end of a match, a housefly performs astonishing feats, alternately juggling a series of objects - a blade of grass, a cork, a miniature dumbbell… Most extraordinary of all is the sequence in which the fly spins a ball twice its own size, while a second fly perches on top.
Bébé's father is attacked by the "apaches", a group of hooligans. Bébé and his sister decide to avenge him by gaining the group's trust and bringing them into a trap.
A young corporal in the United States Cavalry in the Black Hills is very much in love with a young ranchman's daughter who lives near the military barracks.
A pretty model with two rival art students (her father's pupils) in love with her, a situation not at all surprising considering how alluring she looks in the garb of a nun, posing for their canvas.
A railway switchman falls asleep whilst on duty. The swicthman wakes up too late, and, realizing his error, begins to hallucinate the probable outcome of his inaction.
Bill and Jim are lifelong friends in love with Nellie, who marries Bill. After they have a daughter, Bill and his father-in-law tragically die in a mining accident.
