Get Out and Get Under

1920 Comedy 25 minutes Directed by Hal Roach

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About Get Out and Get Under

The Boy dreams he has reached the church too late to stop his girl marrying someone else, then wakes and telephones her. She is angry that he is late for an amateur play in which he is to be a masked swordsman. He takes his car out of the garage, backs it through a neighbor's garden, and stalls on the road. A small boy and a stalled engine hold him up, and by the time he reaches the theater his rival has played the part. He walks on as the audience cheers, then drives off with the girl.

Cast & crew

More about Get Out and Get Under

Fred C. Newmeyer directed, according to Silent Era. Hal Roach produced the two-reeler for Hal Roach Studios, H. M. Walker wrote the titles, and Pathé Exchange released it on September 26, 1920. Braff and the Wikipedia credit list Roach as director. Lord Heath dates a premiere to September 12, 1920, the copyright to August 28, 1920, and the shooting to May 5–20, June 1–8, July 29, and August 3–11, 1920, as production L-8. A newspaper advertisement of October 17, 1920 names Rolin Films and Pathé Exchange.

Themes

Reviews

CineMagazine gave the short four stars.

Look

Walter Lundin photographed the picture on Los Angeles streets, including Motor Avenue and the crossing of Exposition, National, and Palms boulevards.

Music

Silent, with English intertitles by H. M. Walker.

Preservation

Silent Era lists prints at the Museum of Modern Art and the Filmoteca Española. It marks the film public domain in the United States.

Notes

  • Harold Lloyd is the Boy. Mildred Davis is the Girl. Fred McPherson is the rival. Ernie Morrison, billed later as Sunshine Sammy, is the small boy. William Gillespie plays a dope fiend.
  • Wikipedia identifies the car as a 1920 Ford Model T. Lord Heath notes the license plate 401 880.
  • The title comes from the 1913 song "He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under.
  • Gaylord Lloyd, Harold's brother, is in the cast, uncredited on the Wikipedia list.
  • Silent Era notes a print that may be held by the Fundación Cinemateca Argentina under the title My Beautiful Automobile.

Scenes

  • The Boy backs the car out of the garage and through the neighbor's garden.
  • The car ends up on a railroad flatcar while he is trying to reach the theater.
  • He drives off with the Girl after the car has been chained to a fire hydrant.

Influenced by

  • The 1913 song "He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under

Also available

  • Criterion Channel

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