Syd Chaplin and wife Phyllis Allen take a day cruise to Catalina, where they abuse each other and random strangers in this mediocre Keystone comedy.
When Charlie Chaplin left Keystone, Sennett hired his brother Syd, and it was, by and large a good idea -- his character, Gussle, was a middle class version of Chaplin's Tramp and since their pantomime training was the same -- Syd had worked for Fred Karno and gotten Charlie his gig there. However, this has the air of improvisation about it and while some of the gags are funny, they have the random and recycled air that improvisation can have -- indeed, the big gag at the end was recycled from TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE.
Syd would do much better and have a fine career of his own -- when he wasn't negotiating better deals for his brother.
When Charlie Chaplin left Keystone, Sennett hired his brother Syd, and it was, by and large a good idea -- his character, Gussle, was a middle class version of Chaplin's Tramp and since their pantomime training was the same -- Syd had worked for Fred Karno and gotten Charlie his gig there. However, this has the air of improvisation about it and while some of the gags are funny, they have the random and recycled air that improvisation can have -- indeed, the big gag at the end was recycled from TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE.
Syd would do much better and have a fine career of his own -- when he wasn't negotiating better deals for his brother.