Run 'Em Ragged

1920 Comedy Directed by Alfred J. Goulding

About Run 'Em Ragged

Snub Pollard's 39th starring short, directed by Alfred J. Goulding, runs a chase across Echo Park in Los Angeles. The catalog description mentions ethnic humor and heavy makeup along with the knockabout. A sight gag uses a rowboat that seems to have no bottom. Hal Roach produced it.

Cast & crew

More about Run 'Em Ragged

Wikidata dates the release August 1, 1920. Harry 'Snub' Pollard stars. Marie Mosquini and Ernie Morrison, billed on the catalog as Sunshine Sammy Morrison, are on the Wikidata cast. The catalog also lists Hughie Mack, William Gillespie, and Wally Howe.

Themes

Notes

  • The catalog calls it Pollard's 39th starring vehicle.
  • The rowboat gag is the one concrete prop the overview names.

Scenes

  • The chase crosses Echo Park.
  • A rowboat plays as if it has no bottom.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Run'Em Ragged (1920).webm)