Summary

EYES HAVE IT, THE

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Title: EYES HAVE IT, THE
File Number: VTM-15F Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Silent Comedy
Year: 01/01/1928
Description: B W 1928 Written and Directed by Les Goodwins. Ben Turpin, Georgia O'Dell, Helen Gilmore, Jack Lipson 01:06:56:00 B W 1928 ws Ben in nightgown getting milk and newspaper from doorstep... door closes and locks on part of nightgown...preacher and woman approach...Ben rips nightgown hides behind potted shrub...son comes out and pulls shrub away...Ben hides behind newspaper...woman sees Ben faints in preacher's arms...son sets fire to paper... Ben runs round to back door...son trips him with piece of string across driveway 01:08:46:00 B W 1928 ms Ben sneezes...wife insists on rubbing Musterole on chest...picks up wrong jar...rubs Limburger cheese on chest 01:10:41:00 B W 1928 ws Ben knocks suitcase from woman's hand...finds her photo posed in bathing suit signed To My "Daddy" from "Baby" after she leaves puts it in back pocket...son takes photo demands quarter for silence...Ben puts hand in pocket mousetrap snaps on his finger...Ben hides photo under rug 01:12:22:00 B W 1928 ws Ben carrying very long fishing pole...pole knocks down window awning enraging man fixing it...turns to look and knocks high silk hat off man's head...both men yell...Ben picks up hat puts it on man's head turns with pole knocks hat off again and into sewer 01:13:22:00 B W 1928 ms Hangar sticking out of rear of Ben's jacket catches on pipe sticking from truck...Ben hangs from pipe as truck drives thru streets...dog chases Ben grabs pants leg then grabs and takes off left shoe...driver stops and unhooks Ben...he recovers shoe 01:14:49:00 B W 1928 ws ms Son sells picture to mother for dollar...daughter and mother in law go looking for Ben 01:15:16:00 B W 1928 ws Boy takes down no fishing sign...starts fishing...Ben joins him...boy keeps catching fish Ben doesn't...boy sees policeman...puts sign back and fish next to Ben...policeman gives him ticket 01:17:26:00 B W 1928 ws Boy has new spot...Ben joins him...Boys keeps pulling in fish...Ben doesn't...Ben switches bait boxes...switches seats...switches poles...no luck...hooks one jumps into woman's rowboat to fight it...falls in water...woman takes him home to dry off 01:21:58:00 B W 1928 ws Boy tells mother and wife where to find Ben...Mother in law takes shotgun from man to guard rear as wife tries front door...Ben sees wife and runs out back door...Ben runs as mother in law fires shotgun at him...sound of gun causes men to run out of all the back doors
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