Up in the Air (1915)
Audrey and Archie, the brains, have long since come to a complete understanding of each other and are exchanging sweet nothings as a huge log, dropped by Audrey's irate father, rolls on and collides with Archie's leg. The log is followed quickly by papa, who denounces Archie as a worthless fop. Father goes off to shingle the roof of the shed, as Willie, a rusticated product of the farm, enters and assiduously explains that he is hers and she can have him for the asking. Archie, his spirit somewhat bent by the volley of opprobrious epithets hurled at him by Audrey's father, is on his way home when he gets too close to a blast which is about to go off. Laborers wave flags and gesticulate wildly to warn him, but he misconstrues the warning to be a salutatory manifestation and waves his handkerchief at them. Off goes the blast, and we next see him in the branches of a tall tree, coatless and hatless and almost trouserless. Audrey gets the assurance of her father that the one who finishes the job assigned him the quickest will be allowed to marry his daughter. Archie is told to dig the cellar of a new house, and the other boys set to work shingling a shed. Working with a spade, and trying to keep one's hands soft and clean, under these conditions, is no easy matter. Archie, therefore, decides to profit by experience. He gets a quantity of dynamite from the tool box of the laborers and buries some in the ground on the site of the new cellar. He also places a quantity in the shed the boys are shingling. These are connected by a wire attached to the percussion cap. Archie sets off the charges. Earth is sent flying in all directions and the shed the boys are on top of goes sailing merrily through the air. Papa hustles into the scene after the boys have landed and they ail stand in the new cellar. A better excavation could not have been made, had a gang of workmen dug at the place for years. Papa realizes that there are a few brains back of the clothes and monocle which bedeck Archie and he does not hesitate to hand over the prize, his daughter. The construction company pays papa and the others for their injuries, thinking the accident was due to the company's carelessness.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Will Louis | Director |
| J. Edward Hungerford | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Raymond McKee | |
| Arthur Housman | |
| Jean Dumar | |
| Dallas Welford |
