Rips and Rushes

Overview

While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Aubrey, the actor playing the father’s preferred suitor, may look like a Chaplin imitator, but he came by those skills honorably, born like Chaplin in Britain and likewise coming to the U.S. with Fred Karno’s troupe. Nevertheless it’s Alice Mann, with her wacky headdress and knowing glance, who steals the show. Suffice it to say that many vases are broken and pants ripped before she escapes out the window with the handsomest of the beaus.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 5, 1917

Original language

English

Production

Vitagraph Company of America

Cast

Murray Simberg,Alice Mann,Hughie Mack,Ann Brody,Jimmy Aubrey,Earl Montgomery,Pietro Aramondo,Eddie Dunn,Joe Rock,John Costello

Director

Larry Semon

Writer

Larry Semon,C. Graham Baker

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0248368