Pressing Business

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Pressing Business
Directed by Bobby Burns
Walter Stull
Produced byLouis Burstein
Starring Bobby Burns
Release date
  • November 20, 1915 (1915-11-20)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Pressing Business is a 1915 American silent comedy short film produced by the Vim Comedy Company. [1] It is a "Pokes & Jabbs" comedy featuring Bobby Burns and Walter Stull. [2]

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Plot

Plaid Jabbs arrives at a hotel at Pumpkinville. Finding an invitation from his friend, Billy Bean, to attend afternoon tea hosted by his sister, Jabbs sends his only suit to the tailor for pressing. The tailor's shop promptly burns down with his suit in it.

Loos Pokes breaks into the hotel through a rear window and enters the room where Jabbs is contemplating his predicament. Jabbs hides as the burglar approaches, but pounces on Pokes to rob him of his dress suit. He dashes off for afternoon tea, leaving Pokes in the hotel room wearing only his underwear.

Pokes looks for a way to escape the hotel. Entering various rooms, he startles and alarms the hotel guests. Seeking to make his getaway down the fire escape, he has a large crowd at his heels chasing him. They are soon joined by the police.

Jabbs returns from tea and meets Pokes at a watering trough, where they struggle for possession of the suit. Pokes get it back, the police arrive, and Jabbs is stuck in the watering trough to the amusement of all. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "PRESSING BUSINESS". Republican and Herald. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. December 11, 1915. Retrieved February 13, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Miller, Blair (2024). American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology. McFarland. p. 228. ISBN   9781476609805 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Vim. Pressing Business". The Moving Picture World. November 13, 1915. – via Internet Archive
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