Jimmy Aubrey lets the kids in the alley shoot arrows at him. After he grows tired of this, he treats them like satchels to get them out of his way. A policeman shows up and he is terrified; later, disguised as a policeman, he encounters Oliver Hardy, who is in brutal mode here.
Stunts
Arrow-dodging and child-tossing physical comedy.
Acting
Hardy's pre-Laurel brutality is genuinely menacing.
Director
Jess Robbins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jess Robbins directed this for Larry Semon's studio; Hardy was still years from his iconic partnership.
The 'brutal mode' Hardy displays here nearly typecast him as villains before Laurel saved his career.
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