This Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead...the Villain holding the Mortgage...the pure-as-snow Hero with IDEALs...and the Old Saw Mill with the Heroine tied to a log rapidly approaching the the Old (but sharp) Buzz Saw. All with the Keystone Kops thrown in.
Directed byBryan Foy
Written byAlbert Austin (scenario), Walter Weems (scenario)
CountryUSA
Runtime20 min
On screen
Frank Fay
Lew Cody
Laura La Plante
Alec B. Francis