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A short film with a very bizarre premise...though it ends pretty well.
This short film stars Bert Roach...an actor who appeared in 327 films...many of them silents.
It begins at the dock and Bert's now ex-wife is about to leave for Paris thanks to a big alimony settlement. Bert is frustrated at all the money he's lost to various women and makes a bizarro bet with his lawyer friend. He promises to give $1000 to charity each time he kisses a woman, $10,000 if they become engaged and $100,000 if he marries! Almost instantly, Bert begins racking up donations thank to a premise that is utterly ridiculous. A group of women are waiting in his apartment and they have supposedly been willed to him by his uncle who lived in Turkey. Soon, not only has Bert become engaged, but his lawyer tries to get engaged to the same woman! And, to guarantee he gets her, Bert marries her. What is the punchline to all this? See the film.
You really do need to suspend disbelief to enjoy this one, though the ending does make it a bit easier to believe...just a bit. Not a bad short but a ludicrous one!
It begins at the dock and Bert's now ex-wife is about to leave for Paris thanks to a big alimony settlement. Bert is frustrated at all the money he's lost to various women and makes a bizarro bet with his lawyer friend. He promises to give $1000 to charity each time he kisses a woman, $10,000 if they become engaged and $100,000 if he marries! Almost instantly, Bert begins racking up donations thank to a premise that is utterly ridiculous. A group of women are waiting in his apartment and they have supposedly been willed to him by his uncle who lived in Turkey. Soon, not only has Bert become engaged, but his lawyer tries to get engaged to the same woman! And, to guarantee he gets her, Bert marries her. What is the punchline to all this? See the film.
You really do need to suspend disbelief to enjoy this one, though the ending does make it a bit easier to believe...just a bit. Not a bad short but a ludicrous one!
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- planktonrules
- Dec 4, 2021
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