The Old Barn
About The Old Barn
On a stormy night, guests and regulars at a country hotel hear a radio bulletin: a dangerous criminal has broken jail and is coming their way. A surly stranger who matches the description shows up, then slips off and hides in a barn nearby.
Cast & crew
More about The Old Barn
Mack Sennett produced and directed the two-reel comedy. Hampton Del Ruth, Alfred M. Loewenthal, Andrew Rice, and Earle Rodney wrote it, with John A. Waldron as story supervisor. William Hornbeck edited. Educational Film Exchanges released it.
Themes
Making
Sennett was supplying Educational with short comedies as theaters converted to sound. The barn hiding place is the whole second half of the setup.
Look
John W. Boyle photographed the short, with Ernie Crockett and George Unholz also credited.
Preservation
A print is available on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The cast includes Johnny Burke, Thelma Hill, Daphne Pollard, Andy Clyde, Irving Bacon, Vernon Dent, Dave Morris, and Ruth Kane.
- Leonard Maltin's The Great Movie Shorts dates the release February 16, 1929.
- The plot turns on a radio news bulletin, a sound-era gag for a 1929 Sennett short.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Scenes
- The hotel crowd hears that the jailbreak is headed their way.
- The surly stranger leaves the hotel and holes up in the barn.
Also available
- Internet Archive (old_barn)
