The Bum's Rush

1927 Comedy 20 minutes Directed by James D. Davis

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About The Bum's Rush

After the authorities throw him out of town, a tramp played by Harry 'Snub' Pollard turns up at a rich house and tries to pass as a guest. The act falls apart around the butler, Otto Fries, and the lady of the house, Mavis Villiers, and ends in a chase through the house and grounds. James D. Davis directed. Bobby Nelson is on the catalog cast.

Cast & crew

More about The Bum's Rush

Wikidata times it at 20 minutes and dates the release 1 January 1927. A Commons file is labeled 1926. The year on this record stays 1927.

Themes

  • A tramp thrown out of town
  • A guest who is not a guest
  • A chase through a house
  • Snub Pollard
  • Otto Fries
  • Mavis Villiers
  • tramp
  • butler

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • Fries is the butler. Villiers is the lady of the house.
  • The Commons date is a year earlier than the record.
  • No company is listed on Wikidata.

Scenes

  • Pollard's tramp is found out in the rich house, and the chase runs through the grounds.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (The Bum's Rush)

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