That's Him

1918 Comedy 11 minutes Directed by Gilbert Pratt

About That's Him

A newlywed is set to start a trip when he finds the train tickets gone. A crook knocks him down and switches clothes with him. People the crook has already robbed chase the newlywed in those clothes. His bride is led to think he has deserted her. Gilbert Pratt directed the Harold Lloyd short for Hal Roach.

Cast & crew

More about That's Him

Pathé Exchange distributed the Hal Roach short. The Wikipedia infobox dates the release August 4, 1918, and lists 11 minutes, while Wikidata lists 10. The catalog supplies the ticket-switch plot, and the English Wikipedia has no plot section.

Themes

  • lost tickets
  • switched clothes
  • a bride who thinks she is deserted
  • newlywed
  • train tickets
  • crook
  • changed clothes
  • Harold Lloyd

Preservation

The film survives in a 28mm print.

Notes

  • The cast list includes Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Marie Mosquini, and James Parrott.
  • Lige Conley, William Gillespie, Helen Gilmore, Lew Harvey, Gus Leonard, and Charles Stevenson are also billed.
  • Wikipedia says the film survives in a 28mm print.
  • No writer is named on Wikidata or in the English infobox.

Scenes

  • A crook swaps clothes with the knocked-down newlywed, and the crook's victims chase the wrong man.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-thats-him)