Rips and Rushes (1917)
Synopsis
While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Aubrey, the actor playing the father’s preferred suitor, may look like a Chaplin imitator, but he came by those skills honorably, born like Chaplin in Britain and likewise coming to the U.S. with Fred Karno’s troupe. Nevertheless it’s Alice Mann, with her wacky headdress and knowing glance, who steals the show. Suffice it to say that many vases are broken and pants ripped before she escapes out the window with the handsomest of the beaus.
Release Date: 1917-02-05
Runtime: 14 minutes
Director: Larry Semon
Top Cast
- Hughie Mack as Vernon Rastle
- Jimmy Aubrey as His Lordship
- Alice Mann as Girlie
- John Costello as Girlie's Old Man
- Earl Montgomery as
- Pietro Aramondo as
- Murray Simberg as
- Eddie Dunn as
- Joe Rock as
- Ann Brody as Italian woman
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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