Her Boy Friend (1924, silent)

Description:

Description: Silent film comedy.

Content warning: This film opens with an intertitle that contains an offensive and outdated expression derived from a racial slur for Roma people.

"Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dragopem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his somewhat bumbling son to rescue her." (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248078/, accessed 5/24/23)

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: Law enforcement; Gender roles

Tags: silent film; comedy; intertitles; racism; gangsters; police; racist language; nightclubs; female detectives; women in police work; kidnapping; fist fights; violence against women; dockworkers; people of African origin or descent; trick photography; Black people swimming; stop motion; hat-check girls; gag shot of two men kissing by accident; smoking; marijuana (?); stunts; stuntwomen; shipping; tall ships; rigging

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Larry Semon, Noel M. Smith, Chadwick Pictures Corp.

Credits: E. W. Hammons presents Larry Semon in "Her Boy Friend"
A Larry Semon special comedy produced by Chadwick Pictures Corp.
The Players: Dorothy Dwan, Alma Bennett, Oliver N. Hardy, Fred Spence, Frank Alexander, Bill Hauber, Larry Semon.

Distributor: Educational Film Exchanges

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Mogull Bros.

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date:

Release Date: 1924

Geographical Location: USA

Genre/Form: fiction, short, silent

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive

Color: color

Color Process: tinted

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: plus circle, circle circle circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 352

Complete Record: Description: Silent film comedy. Content warning: This film opens with an intertitle that contains an offensive and outdated expression derived from a racial slur for Roma people. "Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dragopem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his somewhat bumbling son to rescue her." (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248078/, accessed 5/24/23) Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit http://www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Law enforcement; Gender roles Tags: silent film; comedy; intertitles; racism; gangsters; police; racist language; nightclubs; female detectives; women in police work; kidnapping; fist fights; violence against women; dockworkers; people of African origin or descent; trick photography; Black people swimming; stop motion; hat-check girls; gag shot of two men kissing by accident; smoking; marijuana (?); stunts; stuntwomen; shipping; tall ships; rigging Film Sponsor: Creator: Larry Semon, Noel M. Smith, Chadwick Pictures Corp. Credits: E. W. Hammons presents Larry Semon in "Her Boy Friend" A Larry Semon special comedy produced by Chadwick Pictures Corp. The Players: Dorothy Dwan, Alma Bennett, Oliver N. Hardy, Fred Spence, Frank Alexander, Bill Hauber, Larry Semon. Distributor: Educational Film Exchanges Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Mogull Bros. Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: Release Date: 1924 Geographical Location: USA Genre/Form: fiction, short, silent Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive Color: color Color Process: tinted Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: plus circle, circle circle circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 352