Alice Loses Out
About Alice Loses Out
A chauffeur drives the garbage magnate Ima Hawg to the rundown hotel that Alice and Julius run. They are glad to see the limousine. Hawg demands a barber and a manicurist, so Julius takes both jobs. The grouch is only partly pleased.
Cast & crew
More about Alice Loses Out
Walt Disney directed, with Margie Gay as the live-action Alice. The series filmography dates it 15 June 1925, and M.J. Winkler distributed it states-rights. Thomas J. Stathes is the source Silent Era cites for the surviving 35mm positive.
Themes
Making
The gag is one guest who expects a staff the hotel does not have, so the cat takes every job.
Music
Silent on release. A sound version is dated 1 March 1931.
Preservation
Silent Era: a 35mm positive exists. Public domain in the United States.
Notes
- The guest's name on the catalog synopsis is Ima Hawg. Some IMDb plot lines spell it Ima Hogg.
- Julius is janitor as well as barber and manicurist, because the hotel has no other staff.
- The hotel is already failing before the limousine arrives.
- A circulating print is the Internet Archive item silent-alice-loses-out.
Scenes
- Hawg's limousine stops at the shabby door.
- Julius cuts his hair and does his nails, with mixed results.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-alice-loses-out)
