The Midnight Prowlers

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The Midnight Prowlers
Directed by Bobby Burns
Walter Stull
Produced by Louis Burstein
Starring Bobby Burns
Walter Stull
Ethel Marie Burton
Edna Reynolds
Oliver Hardy
Frank Hanson
Billy Ruge
Release date
  • November 12, 1915 (1915-11-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Midnight Prowlers is a 1915 American silent comedy film produced by the Vim Comedy Company featuring Bobby Burns & Walter Stull.

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Plot

Mr. and Mrs. Jabbs live in a suburban retreat where the police force is conspicuous by its absence. Burglaries are rife in the neighborhood. The Jabbs family get the scare of their lives one night when the cat pulls a vase from the table in trying to get out of the house for a midnight prowl. A detective must be hired is the secret resolve of both Mr. and Mrs. Jabbs, and forthwith they proceed to hire one. But one does not inform the other which results in Mrs. Jabbs hiring a male sleuth in the person of Loos Pokes and Mr. Jabbs hiring a female Sherlock Holmes. The two sleuths are unaware of each other's identity and there the trouble begins. Gum Shoe Pete, the cracksman, gets into the house. Mr. and Mrs. Jabbs hear the noise but think it is "only the detectives." Meanwhile the two detectives have met and are spooning in the moonlight (they should worry about burglars). While Pete is piling his booty in his sack, by an unlucky chance, he stumbles and the pack falls, burying him. The detectives hear the noise. So do Mr. and Mrs. Jabbs. All four appear on the scene. The female sleuth grabs Mrs. Jabbs and the male sleuth grabs Mr. Jabbs and start for the station house. But explanations follow just as the real crook is discovered and all ends as it should. —Moving Picture World synopsis [1]

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References

  1. "Moving Picture World". New York: Chalmers Publishing Company. October 1915. Retrieved July 28, 2023.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .