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  • They Were Four (1917)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy
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They Were Four (1917)
Short | 10 min | Short, Comedy

Joe, Jack, Pedro, Tommy, Bud and Neal have just arrived from the cowlands with a load of steers. When Pete, the owner of the steers comes out to pay them, Neal takes all the money, explaining that the boys figured to stampede the town and ...See moreJoe, Jack, Pedro, Tommy, Bud and Neal have just arrived from the cowlands with a load of steers. When Pete, the owner of the steers comes out to pay them, Neal takes all the money, explaining that the boys figured to stampede the town and that he had been elected guardian. They rush to a Ford and hire it to take them to a hotel. Meanwhile two crooks enter the lobby, and force the people to hold up their hands. They hear a great deal of noise and dash up the stairs to hide. The cowboys have arrived, but the people think it is some more thieves and put up their arms again. The boys think they have gone crazy. While Neal is playing with the cash register, thinking it a piano, the clerk phones the police. The policemen arrive and the boys are glad to fight, although they are ignorant of the cause. Neal and Bud run up the stairs and into an old woman's room. She climbs into bed and covers herself with the blankets. The cops follow the boys into the woman's room and think they have caught the crooks, but she utters a piercing scream. Neal and Bud are in the lobby, when the crooks sneak upon them and are just about to relieve Neal of the roll of bills, when the cops appear. Neal says, "Me and the boys were just looking for excitement and we reckon we got it." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Karl R. Coolidge (scenario) | George Marshall (story)
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Updated Mar 1, 1917

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Mar 1, 1917 (United States)

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