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  The New Stenographer 1911

  ★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Get it? They don't like her because she's old and they don't find her attractive! Ha, ha, HA! 🙄

  Once they stopped with the "But she so ugly!" jokes this got much better. It had a good ending I didn't see coming. These horndogs got what they deserved.

  This was my first John Bunny film. I only just learned about him a couple days ago, as of this writing, but he was a HUGE star in his day. He shares…

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  Get Me a Step-Ladder 1908

  ★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  There's a 1909 short comedy called The Curtain Pole. It stars Mack Sennett as a man who, while the guest as someone's house, breaks a curtain pole and must get a new one. On his way to and from doing this simple task, he causes complete havoc, and by the end, the whole town is chasing him as he takes the new pole to the house.

  I think Get Me a Step-Ladder was going for that kind of comedy: A…

Popular reviews

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  A Fishy Affair 1913

  ★★★ Watched 03 Jan 2023

  I'm discoving a bit through these Sennett shorts.

  1. Pay attention, because they move fast, especially in the beginning.

  2. I don't think I'm a fan of Ford Sterling and his mugging. If he had a loveable personality to go along with it, I could stand it, but he just makes the same disgusted/unhappy expression the whole short. It gets old quickly.

  Also felt more could've been mined from the premise with the robber being chased by the cop and…

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  A Grocery Clerk's Romance 1912

  ★½ Watched 31 Dec 2022

  Soooo, this woman was just going to marry a guy 10 minutes after losing her husband? Seems like a real catch, dude.