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		A Man About Town
		1923
		Director:  George Jeske Producer:  Hal Roach Assistant director:  Clarence Hennecke Cinematography:  Frank Young
		Hal Roach Studios/Pathé Exchange 16 September 1923 silent short/1 reel

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The film opens with the conductor of a street car (Sam Lufkin) collecting tickets from the passengers.  After he takes the fares of three passengers (one man and two large women), an arm protrudes from behind the two women, offering his fare.  It is Stan, a drifter - the man about town as so described by the title of the film - who is seemingly squashed between the two ladies.  When they realise he is buried between them, they move up and give him some room.  Stan asks the ticket collector where he has to change cars and is told to follow a female passenger (Katherine Grant), as she will soon be getting off. The young lady stands up, giving the impression that she is getting ready to dismount the car which prompts Stan to stand, but she adjusts her clothing and sits back down again.  Stan copies her.

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Facts

•Filmed May 15-22, 1923.  Retakes May 25, 1923. [source: Rob Stone]

•Copyrighted August 11, 1923.

Did you notice?

•Sam Lufkin is seen briefly as the first conductor of the street car, who takes Stan's fare.

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	Stan Laurel Man about town
	James Finlayson Store detective
	Katherine Grant The girl
	George Rowe Cross-eyed barber
	Mark Jones Cross-eyed barber
	Eddie Baker Cop
	Sammy Brooks Short man with hat
	Sam Lufkin Streetcar conductor [opening scene]
	Sunshine Hart Streetcar passenger
	Owen Evans Streetcar passenger
	Charles Stevenson Shop assistant

Acknowledgements & sources: Steve Rydzewski (identification of Owen Evans and Sunshine Hart) This page was last updated on: 06 February 2021