This Andy Clyde short farce benefits from some wacky high speed road chases with the drunk Arthur Housman taking over his cab and getting Andy into all kinds of trouble. As a publicity agent, he gets Andy to pose as an Indian prince with the promise of financial reward. On Andy's trail is his shrew of a wife and no good brother-in-law, leading to more trouble.
Forgotten today when compared to Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Harry Langton (other mild mannered funny men), Clyde's gimmick is his disguised face behind a bushy mustache, and he is amusing to watch in these shorts. The comedy bits are definitely laugh out loud funny, particularly when farce is involved, although the use of violence can be head scratching. But there's always a twist where the violent ones or villains get theirs in amusing ways, and here the wife and brother-in-law definitely do.
Forgotten today when compared to Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Harry Langton (other mild mannered funny men), Clyde's gimmick is his disguised face behind a bushy mustache, and he is amusing to watch in these shorts. The comedy bits are definitely laugh out loud funny, particularly when farce is involved, although the use of violence can be head scratching. But there's always a twist where the violent ones or villains get theirs in amusing ways, and here the wife and brother-in-law definitely do.
