The Show - 1922

Country: United States

Language: English | English (intertitles)

Directors: Larry Semon, Norman Taurog

Writers: Larry Semon (story), Norman Taurog (story)

Stars: Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy and Frank Alexander

Release Date: 19 March 1922 (USA)

Also known as: De voorstelling (Netherlands - DVD title), Props (USA - working title), Ridolini al varietà (Italy)

Filming Locations: Glendale, California, USA

Production Co: Larry Semon Productions, Vitagraph Company of América

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Comedy | Short

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.   

The Shriek Of Araby - 1921

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: F. Richard Jones

Writers: Mack Sennett (screenplay), Mack Sennett (story)

Stars: Ben Turpin, Kathryn McGuire and George Cooper

Release Date: 5 March 1923 (USA)

Also known as: Cheik-Cheik (Portugal), The Shriek (USA - working title)

Production Co: Mack Sennett Comedies

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Satire

Genres: Comedy

An employee in a theater showing Valentino's "The Shiek" daydreams about himself playing Valentino's role.

Trivia

A copy survives at the Museum of Modern Art.

Connections

Spoofs The Sheik (1921)