KYOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM AND ART FESTIVAL 2020

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This film, starring comedian Larry Semon, was believed to be lost until a fragment of it was discovered this February in Tokyo and was distributed around the world. After hearing this in the news, it turned out that a 16mm version of the film was also found in the possession of the Toy Movie Museum, and this will be screened for the first time at the film festival this year.
The original title in 1926 was "Stop, Look and Listen", but it was titled "Dorubako Semon" for its Japan release in 1927, although the title on the box when donated to the Museum was "Moshin Larry", so this is the title under which it will be screened here.
Larry was at his peak in 1920, but used production costs for short films like hot water, including this work, and there were contract violations with shooting that was supposed to take a few days experiencing long delays, and he was finally sued by Vitagraph. Financial difficulties always followed Larry.
The story involves a robber entering the bank where Larry works, before he is then mistaken for the criminal and is chased by citizens. The robber running away, Larry being chased, and the police and citizens chasing after them...The action continues with cars, motocycles and trains, a railway bridge is destroyed, and there are a series of ups and downs and close calls.
A feature of the film will be the appearance by Oliver Hardy of Laurel and Hardy as the robber.

CAST

Larry Semon
Dorothy Dwan
Mary Carr
Oliver Hardy
Curtis 'Snowball' McHenry

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