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A Blowout at Santa Banana (1914)
Short | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

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A Blowout at Santa Banana (1914)

Short | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Wall-Eyed Pete, Curly Whiskerlegs, and Rattlesnake Pete, known as the three guardsmen, get in bad with three pretty waitresses by misinterpreting the girls' request of the amorous trio that they "ask Aunt first." They ask the unattractive ...See moreWall-Eyed Pete, Curly Whiskerlegs, and Rattlesnake Pete, known as the three guardsmen, get in bad with three pretty waitresses by misinterpreting the girls' request of the amorous trio that they "ask Aunt first." They ask the unattractive aunts--and are accepted by the aunts. To escape the aunts, they eagerly accept the job of driving 60 miles across the desert to Tombstone to fetch a ton of fireworks for the projected Fourth of July celebration at Santa Banana. The Amusement Committee warns them that they must not waste the city's funds on liquor and gambling. Arriving in Tombstone, they protect one another from the allurements of rye and poker, and start home with the fireworks, after the storekeeper, has smuggled a demijohn aboard with his compliments. The guardsmen are warned by Capt. Wheeler's Rangers that the bandits are on the road. In a gulch the outfit is overtaken by twenty bandits. After a fight the guardsmen are captured. The bandits discover the firewater and hold an orgy around the campfire close to the explosives. That night Wall-Eyed Pete wheedles the Lone Guard into letting him smoke a cheroot. With it he burns the thongs from Curly's wrists, and, after setting fire to the wagon, they escape on one horse. The air is filled with a dazzling pyrotechnic display, which drives the drunken bandits in every direction. The next day the three guardsmen meet the rangers and send them back after the bandits. Meantime, at Santa Banana the Fourth of July celebration languishes, the crowd loudly demanding fireworks as advertised. The Committee, deciding that the guardsmen are off on a drunk, send a gun-man after them. He brings them in. Their tale of heroic daring is mocked. On the plea that the three guardsmen owe it to the town to make good by furnishing some sort of celebration, the Committee on Amusements decide to lynch them "to make a Roman holiday." The three bellicose aunts rush to the rescue of the unhappy heroes. Thus intimidated, the Committee gallantly waive the point, confer with the parson and decide to change the punishment. The horrified guardsmen are given their choice of marrying the aunts on the spot or being lynched. After a vain appeal to the still-haughty girls, the boys ungallantly chose hanging, whereupon the outraged aunts attack the guardsmen. The nieces start to interpose but the ruction is interrupted by the entrance of Wheeler's rangers, bringing a string of captive bandits, who make signs that they still see skyrockets and pin wheels. Explanations and apologies follow, and the boys are hailed as heroes. The girls relent and the right sort of wedding ensues, to the huge delight of the whole assembled population of Santa Banana. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Sydney Ayres Wall-Eyed Pete - The First Guardsman Wall-Eyed Pete - The First Guardsman See fewer	The Man from Argentina (1915)
Jack Richardson Curly Whiskerlegs - The Second Guardsman Curly Whiskerlegs - The Second Guardsman See fewer	The Midnight Express (1924)
Harry von Meter Rattlesnake Pete - The Third Guardsman (as Harry Van Meter) Rattlesnake Pete - The Third Guardsman (as Harry Van Meter) See fewer	Lillo of the Sulu Seas (1916)
Vivian Rich Petaluma Petaluma See fewer	In Trust (1915)
Julius Frankenburg Colonel Mazuma Colonel Mazuma See fewer	The Land Just Over Yonder (1916)
William Tedmarsh Toothpick Slaughter Toothpick Slaughter See fewer	The Girl of the Manor (1912)
Jacques Jaccard Hair Trigger Bill Hair Trigger Bill See fewer	Liberty (1916)
Louise Lester Widow Slumgulian -The First Aunt Widow Slumgulian -The First Aunt See fewer	Calamity Anne's Dream (1913)
Caroline Frances Cooke Liza Jane Yerner - The Second Aunt (as Caroline Cooke) Liza Jane Yerner - The Second Aunt (as Caroline Cooke) See fewer	Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Edith Borella Widow Squawbuck - The Third Aunt Widow Squawbuck - The Third Aunt See fewer	The Man Who Came Back (II) (1914)
Charlotte Burton Tapioca Tapioca See fewer	Her Younger Sister (1914)
Violet Knights Cactus Blossom (as Violet Neitz) Cactus Blossom (as Violet Neitz) See fewer	The Phantom (1931)
Chick Morrison Dad Kilgore (as Charles Morrison) Dad Kilgore (as Charles Morrison) See fewer	Black Beauty (I) (1921)
Pete Morrison Captain Wheeler (as George Morrison) Captain Wheeler (as George Morrison) See fewer	The Desperate Game (1925)
Perry Banks Reverend Nosey Splicer Reverend Nosey Splicer See fewer	In Trust (1915)
Dorothy Fischer Actress Actress See fewer	Italian Love (II) (1914)