Don't Be Foolish (1922)
- Directed by
- Billy West
- Genre
- comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A silent comedy in which a slick man about town gets into lighthearted trouble. The film follows a former Chaplin impersonator playing a new dapper character.
playfullightheartedwhimsicaljauntycomediccheerfulbrisk-paced
What happens
Don't Be Foolish is a silent two-reel comedy film directed by and starring Billy West. West was long established as the premier Charlie Chaplin impersonator, but he abandoned the Chaplin act in 1920 in favor of a slick, straw-hatted, man-about-town character. Almost all of the surviving Billy West comedies are his Chaplin burlesques, so film collectors were surprised when Blackhawk Films reprinted home-movie versions of Don't Be Foolish in the 1970s, revealing West as an entirely new personality. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Watch Your Step (1922)
Another Man's Shoes (1922)
The Cradle Buster (1922)
Too Much Business (1922)
Day Dreams (1922)
The Deuce of Spades (1922)
The Hottentot (1922)
I Can Explain (1922)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.