A hapless nitwit sets up his living space in the middle of a street, then moves to a police station, then gets a job in a movie studio, with calamitous results.
Stunts
Marcel Perez does his own ridiculous physical comedy.
Practical Effects
Genuine 1919 movie studio location shooting.
Direction
Perez directs himself into escalating disaster.
Director
Marcel Perez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Perez was a prolific silent clown who made dozens of shorts; most are lost, making surviving prints precious.
The meta-movie studio climax reveals early cinema's fascination with its own machinery—Hollywood eating itself since 1919.
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