Here's a comedy short from the last year that Educational Pictures produced new material. Starting in 1918 with a charge to produce, well, educational pictures, they soon became a major provider of excellent comedy shorts under the production of Jack White. However the expense of sound, and the growing competition from the majors put a lot of pressure on them. The other well-known independent producers, like Sennett, Roach, and others had already given up short subject production. That left Educational, with a contract with 20th Century-Fox
In this one, the team of Herman Timberg Jr and Pat Rooney Jr. Work in Douglas Leavitt's grocery store. They get into trouble, and spend the second half as comperes of the musical acts Leavitt stages for publicity. This mostly consists of Johnny Johnson's orchestra. Some of the crazy try-anything gags in the short work.
In this one, the team of Herman Timberg Jr and Pat Rooney Jr. Work in Douglas Leavitt's grocery store. They get into trouble, and spend the second half as comperes of the musical acts Leavitt stages for publicity. This mostly consists of Johnny Johnson's orchestra. Some of the crazy try-anything gags in the short work.