Gus and the Anarchists

Gus and the Anarchists is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.The film was produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company.

Gus and the Anarchists
Directed byJohn A. Murphy
Produced byArthur Hotaling
Sigmund Lubin
Written byFred H. Hayn
StarringOliver Hardy
Music byJohn R. Madison
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • January 19, 1915 (1915-01-19)
Running time
split reel
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles

Plot

Gus, a waiter at a cheap cafe falls in love with Rosy, the coffee cashier. To make fun of him, she tells him that if he wants to be with her, he must become an anarchist like her. Colleagues of Rosy attend the joke, pretending all to be the members of the band of fearsome anarchists. In the place where they meet, Gus is told that, to prove loyal, he must commit murder. But before the mission can be completed, some false policemen break into the bar.[1]

Cast

  • Oliver Hardy as Tom Dreck (as Babe Hardy)
  • C.W. Ritchie as Gus Goober
  • Frances Ne Moyer as Rosy Heintz

See also

References

  1. Radicalism in American Silent Films, 1909–1929: A Filmography and History. McFarland. 2015. ISBN 9781476611037.


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