My first real meeting with Lloyd, and while it was not what I expected, he certainly had a good presence.
The plot of this movie is hardly there at all, even less than you'd expect form a silent short from this era. Most of the movie has little to do with the premise, but is rather just a number of gags. Some of them are okay, but there's few very memorable ones. There's enough of them to keep your attention through the whole film, though.
The movie works well as a quick and easy silent slapstick movie, but it's not much of a hidden gem or anything like this. The gag with the suicide attempts is fun, but predictable. The "spooks" sequence is not all that original, but actors playing the house staff does give some fun, but highly dated performances.
The plot of this movie is hardly there at all, even less than you'd expect form a silent short from this era. Most of the movie has little to do with the premise, but is rather just a number of gags. Some of them are okay, but there's few very memorable ones. There's enough of them to keep your attention through the whole film, though.
The movie works well as a quick and easy silent slapstick movie, but it's not much of a hidden gem or anything like this. The gag with the suicide attempts is fun, but predictable. The "spooks" sequence is not all that original, but actors playing the house staff does give some fun, but highly dated performances.