Two-Gun Gussie
About Two-Gun Gussie
Gussie, a mild easterner, is playing piano in a western saloon. Dagger-Tooth Dan sees two letters the sheriff has received: one is a warning, with Dan's picture, and the other is a check from Gussie's father, with Gussie's picture. Dan swaps the photographs. The sheriff now thinks Gussie is the gunman, and the town starts to fear him. Gussie starts to believe it himself, and he and Dan collide.
Cast & crew
More about Two-Gun Gussie
Hal Roach produced. Alfred J. Goulding directed. H. M. Walker wrote the titles. Pathé Exchange released the one-reeler on May 19, 1918. Filmed February 18 to March 3, 1918, and copyrighted June 1, 1918.
Themes
Look
Walter Lundin photographed the short.
Preservation
A print survives and has been transferred to Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Harold Lloyd plays Gussie. William Blaisdell plays Dagger-Tooth Dan. Charles Stevenson plays the sheriff, Whooping-Cough Charlie.
- Bebe Daniels plays the girl. Snub Pollard, billed as Harry Pollard, plays Snub.
- The saloon signs include 'Ask for credit and you will get it in the neck' and 'Nothing sold stronger than liquid fire.'
- A year before the saloon job, the opening shows him playing piano at a polite gathering.
Scenes
- Dan swaps his wanted photograph with the picture in Gussie's letter.
- The town treats the piano player as the dangerous man.
