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- This is the story of the heartless mother whose burdens are such that she would be rid of her two children. The henpecked father is compelled to take them to the woods and there lose them. Gretel drops bread-crumbs to find her way home, but wild-fowl eat the crumbs and they are truly lost. The babes wander to the home of a witch, who would fatten them up to make ginger-bread of them. As they are about to be thrown into the blazing furnace Peggy outwits the witch, and, in turn, the witch is thrust into the roaring flames, as the mother, repentant, heads the neighbors in the work of rescue.
- Baby Peggy as the mischievous child of doting and fussy parents.
- Buster and Tige are in bed asleep. A fly hectors the dog, who brushes it away. It lights on Buster's face. The dog smashes it with his paw. A policeman is at the window getting coffee from the cook. Buster, with the aid of stilts, impersonates a tall cop, goes to the window and introduces himself as the new roundsman. She serves him pie. The dog bites at the stilts, throwing him out of balance and catapulting the pie into the cook's face. Another custard pie covers the dog, who washes himself -at a fountain. The schoolmaster scolds Buster when he comes to school late. Tige sneaks in and sits beside Buster while the teacher snoozes. When discovered, the teacher throws him out, but he gets in again. A little boy at the next desk munches a piece of Limburger cheese which nauseates Tige. The dog and cheese are thrown out again. The teacher calls Buster to the desk and orders him to give him what he has in his hand. Buster slips a giant cracker under the chair, which explodes when the teacher sits down. Tige runs around with the cheese in his mouth, and as he passes beneath a board fence all the birds on the fence drop dead. For revenge on the teacher he jumps into the window of the school with the Limburger throwing the place into a furor.
- An installment furniture man arrives to take away the furniture. But a little girl whose life Buddy saves is the installment man's daughter and all ends happily.
- An aspiring writer chases after a pair of crooks when her handbag is taken.
- Baby Peggy grinds an organ to help a poor blind man. Then a wealthy woman rescues Peggy. The lady gives a party and Peggy copies as much of the Egyptian dancer's scanty costume as she can. Her foster father is shocked and opines that Peggy is going to be too much trouble. But Peggy shows who is going to be boss, and all ends happily.
- Wanda must marry by 5 P.M. in order to receive an inheritance.
- An all animal cast (mostly dogs). The story opens with a hobo, played by "Pal," asleep under his blanket which "Joe," his monkey comrade, drags from over him. In order to awake "Pal," "Joe" performs a number of tricks. Finally, both friends cook breakfast. "Joe" milks a goat, in spite of many buttings, and "Pal" catches a fish. Then they start off on their adventures, Joe riding on Pal's back. A beautiful white dog flapper gets mixed up in their lives, her father owns the biggest grocery store in "Barktown." The happy ending wedding ceremony is conducted by a black dog minister, while the bride and her bridesmaid wear white satin and tulle to match their fluffy white coats.
- Harry bets that placing a crook in a proper environment can reform him. Wanda, arrested for a theft she did not commit, is chosen for the experiment and Harry gives her a job as a maid. She insists on making love to him, is exonerated when a necklace is stolen and finally wins Harry's heart.
- A picture is being run in the town picture house in which Jimmy plays the new sheriff and Lynn the man who runs the town. Both the ex-sheriff and Jimmy vie with each other for the hand of Lynn's daughter. Lynn's wayward son, Hans, steals his father's money and divides it with the ex-sheriff, who in the meantime has been trying to win the girl. When she refuses him he takes her by force and ties her to his cabin. Jimmy not only discovers who the thieves are but in a spectacular chase overcomes the ex-sheriff and his gang and rescues the girl, and they live happily ever afterwards. When it is all over the picture show is disclosed again with Jimmy making a speech and applauding himself, telling the audience to judge for itself how clever he is.
- Betty leaves the child at the County Orphan Asylum while she delivers the weekly laundry to the bachelor's home. But the kid escapes and slides down a chute from the second story landing in the basket which Betty is dragging along behind her. At the bachelor's the baby is turned over to Brownie, the valet, who gives the baby a bath, filling the small tub with water and placing a screen around the outdoor bathroom. Later the baby roams out into the street where she is picked up by an officer. Brownie saves his little playmate as the baby is about to be placed in the wagon and taken to the Children's Society Home, by substituting another baby who looks like his pal. Betty and the bachelor find Brownie coming down the street with the baby. The child says that she wants the man for a a daddy, and with Brownie tugging at his trousers' leg and the baby 'pulling "at his coat lapel, he could hardly resist, and the baby's wish is granted.
- Weazel Tail Bend was so crooked it couldn't see straight. The sheriff and his deputy had the habits of Jesse James, and he also robbed the country by teaching school. The weekly train was the town's only sport. The engineer knew Weazel Bend- so he didn't even hesitated. They had a nice soft mattress on the station platform to catch the passengers that chanced that way. But one day the town was brightened considerably by the arrival of Miss Betsy Beautiful, whom the School Trustee sent to relieve the sheriff of one of his duties-teaching school. Her sweetheart Hiram Biff, had followed her, how ever, riding on his nerve and the engine rod. "Big Kick Kitchen," was the place where society mixed soft drinks with hard fists. Even the bad guy, Pineapple Pete, didn't look so hard, sipping a soft drink. However, looks are not everything. Pineapple decided to pay the bank an unofficial visit to draw out some cash he had never deposited, but he was interrupted by our friend the Sheriff, who demanded half of the loot. Everything was going lovely, when who should appear but Hiram. He rounded up the crooks in fine shape, grabbed the money with one hand, his girl with the other and they both grabbed the first train going the other way.
- Baby Peggy is first seen traveling to Universal City in a hammock slung under a freight car from which she emerges dressed like a little Bill Hart. The first thing she does is throw a brick at what she thinks is a thief, thus spoiling a perfectly good scene that a director is making. After many troubles she finally gets her "chance" and telling the director "you ain't seen nothing yet," proceeds to go all the vamps of moviedom one better in the famous "Fool There Was."
- Wanda dreams she is a high diver and visualizes herself in the center of a bevy of beautiful bathing girls, making a beautiful swan-like dive for the edification of the man she loves. She awakens to find herself diving into an assortment of sofa cushions. She then joins the man in a horseback ride, feigns a run-away and a fall from the horse to arouse his sympathy. Apparently unconscious, she is revived by the kisses of her lover in the usual happy ending.
- The picture opens with Brownie in a tuxedo, eating an elaborate meal and finishing with the proper use of his finger bowl. It is all a dream, however, as he is but the assistant to an itinerant glazier who ties a stone to Brownie's tail and has him break show windows for his master to repair. The glazier combines business with a clothes cleaner and Brownie with his mud-smeared tail, rubs up against people and brings in plenty of business.
- The love affairs of a fat garage proprietor who finally wins the tiny lady of his choice in a reckless automobile race.
- Open up with Al Alt, dancing instructor, coming in on a train with a bunch of showgirls and the backer of the show, Maryland. The conductor comes around for the tickets and when they can't show the tickets he throws them off. They go to the beach and Alt is teaching them some new steps. Alt sees a very pretty girl sitting on the bench, so he starts performing before her. Another fellow comes along and wants to make a hit with the girl, so he starts performing to outdo Alt. They soon find that they have been performing in vain, as the girl is blind. The hotel on the beach has not been doing very much business - the owner sees the girls and decides to put them in to run the hotel and in that way draws the crowds. When the hotel owner has enough money he tries to escape, but Alt and the girls get him. They get on the train again and meet the same conductor who threw them off before and when he sees them he is ready to throw them off again, but they jump on him and take some tickets from him.
- The long and short of it are a couple of friends in the moving and hauling business. There is a judge, his court clerk and a beautiful lunch-wagon waitress all mixed up in the plot. Oh, yes, there is the judge's disagreeable neighbor who gets him all wet with his hose one morning. The judge longs for revenge. The waitress is arrested for throwing a pie at a cop and is brought before the judge. She has seen an ad in the paper for a girl and gets the judge to let her off so she gets it. It proves to be the disagreeable neighbor of the judge, who wants the girl. Later the judge receives a court order to attach the property of one J. Smith for non-payment of bills. He sends his clerk to clean the place out. They are told by Mr. Smith that the place they want is next door. The clerk takes the long and short of it with him to the next house and starts putting labels on everything in the house. Just as they have completed the job the judge walks in. Low and behold, they have ruined the judges' house. In the meantime the now ex-waitress has brought her boss over to the house to help get rid of the men. He is pinched by the judge and the girl and the clerk fall into each others arms.
- Johnny wanders away from his parents and meets little Sammy. Together they get into all kinds of mischief.
- Buster throws baseballs at Tige who sticks his head through a hole in a sheet and dodges. The butler investigating, chases Tige and puts his head through the hole to find out what is wrong. He finds out. Buster and Tige flee from the angry butler, Buster taking refuge in a trunk. Mrs. Jane calls, bringing Mary and her baby brother, who drills through the trunk with a brace and bit which gets hold of Buster's pants and tears them off. The children are left in the house to play while Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Jane go out. Buster and Mary play bake shop, mixing a sack of flour into dough and adding much yeast, while the baby is placed in the cupboard where he locates and demolishes quantities of jam. The dough rises high and explodes in the dog's face. Tige afterward treads in the mass and then runs around the house trying to get rid of the big chunks of dough that cling to his feet. Darkness comes on and the kids are paralyzed with the fear of ghosts. The parrot gets caught in a sheet and flies through the air trailing the sheet. Fleeing from the "ghost" the kids run into everything in the place, tipping over and breaking the furniture until the family returns and finds them among the wreckage.
- A boarding house slavey yearningly follows a chorus troupe.
- Little Jack is sent to the market by his mother to sell the old cow and while there turns it over to an unscrupulous person for a bag of beans. When Little Jack arrives home the mother, upon seeing what Jack has received for the old family cow, throws the beans into the back yard. The next morning a big tree, reaching into the skies, has grown where the beans were thrown. Little Jack climbs this tree and reaches the kingdom of the terrible giant. After a series of very dangerous adventures, Little Jack kills the giant.
- Tomboy Mary is uninvited to a party given by her boyfriend's parents--but his sister has an idea. They gals conspire for Mary to disguise herself as a man to crash the party. Hijinks ensue.
- When Baby Peggy closed her little eyes, little did she realize that the same night she would capture a bold, bad burglar. Her toys and balloons met the burglar every way he turned until at last he ran into the wall, stunned. A passing policeman took him with him, and Baby Peggy closed her eyes to sleep her Beauty Sleep. The next day her suitors called - one at a time. When Harry called he was thrust into the closet when James rang the front bell. James, too, was thrown into one of the obscure corners of the house. This continued in turn as Henry and David each paid their respects with a call on their little "sweetie." But when Chauncey called in his Packard car Peggy was ready to go out, and she did. Then the rivals discovered each other - and then the fun began. When Peggy's folks returned home they found their place looking like - well, you know. Peggy's return home was far from triumphant, but she was saved from a sound spanking by the return of the officer who had Peggy's reward for capturing the burglar.
- Amateur golfers are guilty of amusing blunders in this comedy on the pursuit of the elusive white ball.
- Beth is a modern flapper with a high-powered auto who does not care how she ignores traffic laws or smashes things or bowls over pedestrians, knowing that her good-natured and wealthy father will straighten matters out. The worm turns, however, and papa sends Beth to a fashionable boarding school, where she is hazed by the other girls. Finally her sweetheart "kidnaps" her and they elope and win father's forgiveness.
- Mr. and Mrs. Sweettooth were basking in the sunshine in Goofers Park. Their neighbors were having, a friendly spat in another part of the park. Philip de Glass the neighbor, had a hobby all his own of which he is about to par-take, when a policeman comes along and helps the good cause along. Both wives tire of sitting and start scrapping with their husbands. The husbands run away and both meet at the lake, where a pretty nurse girl starts a flirtation with them. She runs to the lake and tells them that the one that recovers the rose which she has thrown into the lake, can have her hand. While they are both straggling to get the rose, the cop, who is the nurse-girl's regular sweetheart, comes along. Great excitement follows and the cop throws them both out of the park. They land on a flivver which drives them right into a huge explosion and they go up into the air. In the meantime, the wives have made the acquaintance of Prof. Jim-Jam, whose specialty is shimmie-shaking. He has a class of beautiful girls whom he is supposed to introduce to a well known dancer that afternoon. He demonstrates to the wives a few steps and makes them eager to learn the new dance. The Powder Puff High School pupils are already in costumes awaiting for the big fete of the afternoon. They are prettily draped in veils, etc., and then some, when Philip De Glass and his friend land in the park near (where the girls are awaiting the arrival of the Professor and his friend. They discover some animal skins and when they find that their clothes are torn to pieces, they don the animal skins and then go out to the lawn, and the girls thinking they are the new Professor and his guest, proceed to entertain them with fancy steps. They are having a glorious time when suddenly the real Professor and the wives appear on the scene. Lots of funny situations follow and pretty effects are seen on the lawn.
- Pal proves himself to be a real pal to his master, helping him to evade the landlady and also to get rid of a troublesome rival.
- Magnolia Milkshake wants to help the war effort to compensate for her husband who is exempt for being overweight. She tries to join the Red Cross, then the rifle corps.
- Alice is the daughter of a fisherman. She gathers herring to support her family. Alice's folks are worshipers of the cuckoo clock. Even the dog bows his head in prayer when the cuckoo cuckoos. Joe, a sailor, loves Alice. He calls on her at midnight, and takes her to a cabaret. While there, a sea captain falls in love with Alice, and strange things come to pass when Alice sees the hula hula dancers. Joe takes Alice home under great difficulties Alice and Joe are happily married and are proprietors of a lunch room. Undaunted by his previously unsuccessful attempts the sea captain is still bent on possessing Alice, and lays his plans to kidnap her. Alice is kidnapped, and is placed on a sea going vessel. Just as Joe comes home. He pursues the yacht with his billowy sail boat. Just as he is about to catch the vessel he is lassoed and left mercilessly to drown. Instead, Joe pulls himself up on the rope and outs his way in through the boat. Meanwhile, Alice is having her troubles trying to keep the captain out of her stateroom. Joe rescues Alice, and there follows a lively boat chase with marines, patrol boats, etc. Alice and Joe manage to destroy the lighthouse in which the captain and his crew sought to shelter themselves. A novel ending follows.
- Mayor of Fancydale devoted all his time to the city, since his hop factory was closed. He received a threatening letter from none other than "Goofer Gus," who dares him to jail him. His Honor, the Mayor is scared out of his wits and calls in his Chief of Police, to strengthen his nerves. The Chief is also frightened, and when the Mayor's daughter breezes in (who by the way is the prettiest girl in town), they both become scared and duck under desks and chairs. To their relief they find it is only sweet Peg, who has come to find out when her "Sweety" will return from college. "Sweety" is the younger brother of the Chief. A terrible commotion is heard on the outside of the prison, and one of the scouts rushes in to tell the Mayor that the whole police force have captured "Goofer Gus" and that they are bringing in this dangerous wild man. Both the chief and the mayor are scared to death. The chief runs away and runs for miles without a stop. He lands home all out breath and hides in a box couch. The Mayor orders the gangster thrown into prison with a double guard around him. The Chief's brother arrives home from college, is surprised to see his childhood sweetheart in the Police court, he orders her to stay at home. Her father interferes and upbraids "Sweety" for scolding his daughter. The daughter goes home, and the Mayor and "Sweety" have a battle. "Sweety" turned out to be one of those "go way bad man" kind and all the Mayor had to do was to spank him on the wrist to make him cry. The prisoner "Goofer Gus" plans to get out of prison. He whistles like a bird, and gets everyone to look for the bird, and sneaks out. He goes to his accomplices home. Where a lively party is in full swing. The police follow and Gus disguises himself in Cleopatra attire and vamps the policemen into submission. When they come to their senses again, "Goofer Gus" has escaped. They give chase, Gus sets the Mayor's house on fire. The daughter is in the house. Father says best man wins. "Sweety" saves the girl, but not before a thrilling act has been formed, that of swinging from across the street on a rope to the daughter's window. The gangster is again captured and thrown into prison, where he is beaten and forced with iron chains etc. to stay in prison.
- Baby Peggy is a little homeless girl living in the streets of Paris. She makes her living by selling little flowers, and her only companion is Buddy, the dog. Peggy and Buddy make many friends on their routes through Paris and while walking through the fields of a nearby meadow they make the acquaintance of a famous Parisian artist. He invites Peggy over to his studio and promptly the next morning Baby Peggy makes her appearance there. The artist is painting the picture of one of his models and, after he is through, he paints Peggy's portrait. This wins the commendation of every critic who sees it and together Peggy and this artist win fame.
- A mysterious foreign gentleman studies the hotel registry, anxiously awaiting his friend, the count. Meanwhile, a young charmer indignantly turns in her keys, stating that two mice are fighting in her room. The manager tells the clerk she cannot possibly expect a bullfight for $2 a day. Meanwhile, the star guest who owes four week's rent, takes his shower protecting himself with an umbrella, then phones for breakfast, ordering it for the room across the hall. He spears the tidbits off the waiter's tray, via the transom. He discovers that he is missing his butter for the toast, and phones again. The clerk and waiter go upstairs to investigate the reason for the waiter's sudden mysterious loss. Over anxious to get the butter, the star boarder spears the waiter, and is almost caught. Later, seeing the grips of a guest who is one week in the arrears being thrown out, the boarder disguises himself with false whiskers. The mysterious personage sees him, and hails him as the "Count." Two asylum keepers enter and take the mysterious man away. The boarder fakes being dippy and the two asylum keepers carry him off, despite all his protestations.
- Buddy, working his way through school, takes a job as butcher's delivery boy. On his first delivery trip, his basket load of weenies is stolen by the dog belonging to Spec, Buddy's rival for the hand of Martha. The teacher, riding to school on a high-wheeled bicycle, is thrown from the bike and lands in his desk chair just in time to break up a fight between Buddy and Spec, expelling both boys from the classroom. In search of a thrill, the mischievous Buddy ties a boy's kite to it's owner, and the latter is carried through the air and becomes caught on a high tree, from which he is rescued by Buddy. Later Buddy and Spec have a fight over Martha, but desists to chase a couple of bank robbers, whom they eventually capture, earning a large reward.
- Betty likes Tommy, who in turn loves Betty. Betty's mother forbids her to talk to Tommy, saying that the only boy she will allow Betty to play with is Newton Mortimer, whom Betty hates. The Mortimers 'phone and say they are coming to visit them. Betty's father is a messenger for a restaurant. His wife calls up and tells him to hurry home, but he has to deliver an order before he can go home. He breaks through the window of the automobile belonging to the Mortimers and the food falls all over them. Newton tempts Betty with a box of candy and she sends a note to Tommy telling him that she won't play with him any more. Betty's father arrives home and changes clothes. He is recognized by Newton as the messenger, and the Mortimers leave in a hurry.
- One of a pair of twins gets lost and leads a rough life as assistant to a railroad engineer, while the other one enjoys luxury and ease. They get mixed up of course, but eventually both twins are restored to their parents.
- Brownie, the Dog, goes from the poorhouse to penthouse as doggie caretaker to an infant who's ejected from his lower class household. Brownie switches places with a millionaire's dog where his street smarts turn out to be a mixed blessing.
- Al, whose wife has just departed, is admonished to be good. He immediately becomes involved with a traffic cop for speeding and puts forth the subterfuge that he is a doctor rushing to the bedside of a sick mother and baby. He is made to prove his statement when the cop accompanies him. This he does when he persuades a passing girl to enact the sick role to outwit the cop. The plot succeeds, but the confusion is added to when the wife unexpectedly returns to find the fair visitor in the home. However, they prove to be old friends and the difficulty is straightened out until the cop overhears the entire plot unraveled and rushes the culprits off to jail.
- Determined to help his father out of a financial hole by earning some money, Buster decides that his dog is as clever, if not more so, than any of the featured dog movie stars. Consequently they break into a picture being taken by one of the greatest of these canine screen luminaries and get away with all the glory.
- Lee plays the part of a gentleman, but the bottle on his hip attracts a crowd. With the aid of a rubber tube they manage to siphon off a good part of the liquid which they discover in the end to be brass polish. Lee then removes his high hat and puts on his chauffeur's cap and polishes the car. He then drives his girl to a party where the star attraction is a prize fight. The champion, however, has one weakness. He is unable to retain his emotions when he hears "Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight" played on the violin. When the girls rave about the champion Lee decides to put up a fight. The bell saves him several times and the rubber ropes manage to keep him in the ring. Just as he is about all in the violin plays the song and the champion is knocked out.
- The story of a kid love affair, with a villain and a vamp and a bold, brave rescue of a doll from a watery grave.
- The sorrows and joys of those who must catch the 5:15 with their bundles and babies, not to speak of livestock.
- Buddy invents a combination bicycle/airplane to deliver a variety of goods before school each morning.
- Old "Pop" Walker owned a farm, two babies, a wonderful dog and other interesting things. Bud the grandson, and Merta the granddaughter made things pretty lively for "Pop." Their dog "Brownie " see sawed for them all day long. When the postman came Brownie jumped off the see-saw and sent the two or them spinning through the air. "Brownie" always up to mischief, steals the food from "Pop," Bud is accused of it and is given a severe spanking. A letter arrives for "Pop" advising him that he has been made the sole proprietor of the "Lily White Cafe," owing to the death of his uncle John Barleycorn. They pack up and venture forth to take possession of the Cafe. There the girls shimmy and dance for old "Pop." He makes Bud the cook. Merta attempts to sing for the audience, but they all run out. The manager orders her under the sink with her pipes. The manager and head waiter plan to rob "Pop" of the money they have taken in. Brownie overhears the plot and steals the money from the Manager. The Manager and the head waiter go outside thinking they have the money, and throw bombs into the cafe to blow it up. Brownie runs after the bombs and puts them underneath the box on which the two thieves are sitting. The bombs explode and knock the two crooks into smithereens. Brownie brings the money to "Pop" and a happy ending follows.
- The adventures of a tourist and his wife, who are made prisoners in Turkey.