A Prohibition Monkey (1920)
13 Sep 1920 • Short, Comedy
The town of Beer Bottle Bend is so touch that the babies chew tobacco. It is run in a high, wide and handsome manner by the owner of Riley's Saloon. There is a little church in the town that was built in haste many years ago when there happened to be a lull in the festivities. It had been securely boarded up for years. Mr. Riley intended that it should remain so for his Sunday business was booming. A traveling evangelist, who learned his profession as a circus performer arrives in the town with Charles Bullephant, a peevish elephant, and Joe martin, a highly cultured orang-outang. He also has Buster, a famous trained horse. With the help of his friends he sets out to make Beer Bottle Bend a church going community. Riley realizes that he has strong competition and tries to upset the sky pilot's plans by having his favorite dancing girl vamp him. The preacher, who is somewhat of an athlete, takes the toughest of the bar-beetles down the line for a sound thrashing and begins work with his animals. Charley Bullephant stampedes them into the church. Joe Martin dashes around and drags in delinquents. Buster hauls off and flattens out the unruly with his last two feet. Within a fortnight Beer Bottle Bend enjoys a change of heart. On Sunday morning the little church is filled to the brim. The minister hands out large slices of the gospel, the animals stand by for more service and right again triumphs over might.
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