Snap Shots (1915)
Meersham Bowles looks with unveiled admiration upon a photograph of a pretty girl. He makes overtures to the photographer for the purchase of his studio, but can come to no agreement. He goes home and smokes that 100-horsepower pipe and soon he is speeding through space. He buys the gallery and hardly has he taken possession, when a bevy of well-dressed ladies enter. They remove their veils and their faces are seen to be mistakes. A man attired in a sand paper collar and the remainder of a "tough guy's" make-up enters, leading a ferocious bull dog. The animal takes a dislike to Bowles and chases him about the studio. An army general enters and poses himself after Bowles has indicated that he is too busy. Bowles develops the negative and the general's picture is all foot. A baby, an overgrown one, enters with its mother. Baby falls downstairs, crawls along the street and then climbs a telegraph pole. Bowles photographs baby on top of the pole, just before they are precipitated to the pavement. They get up and return to the gallery. But no pretty girls. Bowles is still in hopes they will show up. He goes into the dark room to develop the negative and baby decides to dismantle the studio. Portraits are pulled down and things are confused generally. Mother and baby refuse the picture as there is nothing but a blur of heads. An agent sells Bowles some explosive developer and Bowles starts to use it. A fat man arrives and complains that his photograph does not suit. Bowles poses him again, this time gratis, and when he pinches the bulb, the camera explodes. He seeks safety in the dark room, where the fat man attacks him. There is another explosion and both are lifted into the air. They land on the pinnacle of a church steeple as Bowles' pipe goes out.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles H. France | Director |
| Mark Swan | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Herbert Prior | |
| Andy Clark |
