The Messenger Boy Magician (1910)
A messenger boy comes to deliver a telegram to a magician who is practicing a new act for the stage. Good-naturedly the magician shows him a number of tricks and the boy gathers that the magic leis in the wand which is used in each feat. He steals the wand when the magician is not looking and makes a hurried exit. He is pursued by the excited magician but the latter's own wand is turned against him and he is driven hack. The pursuer disposed of, Slowfoot proceeds to have a lot of fun. Two lovers are spooning in the park. Slowfoot comes up and with a wave of the wand causes the man and a street sweeper cleaning the walk to exchange places just as the pair are about to kiss. The white wings does not in the least mind the caress but the lover is furious and Slowfoot is pleased. A tramp is placed under arrest and fights with his captor. A wave of the wand and the uniform is on the tramp while the pride of the force is decked out in the rags of the vagrant. A number of varied incidents of similar sort occur, but Nemesis is camping on Slowfoot's trail. The magician wants his wand and he is persistent in his search for it. Slowfoot evades him for a time, but he is caught off his guard. Jumping a wall to escape capture, he stops to light a cigarette. It is not the first lime that a cigarette has proven fatal to a messenger boy. Slowly the magician creeps upon his prey. Now he is within reaching distance and still the confounded cigarette will not light. The wand is placed under Slowfoot's arm and with a spring the magician is upon it. Now the tables are turned and with a wave of the baton two policemen are conjured upon the scene who lug Slowfoot off to prison. It's a sad ending to a day of hilarious joy, but it's a great story to tell the boys on the bench while wailing for one's turn to go out with a message.
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GenresComedy
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
