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Jolly Tars (1917)
Short | Short, Comedy

Jolly Tars (1917)

Short | Short, Comedy

Pokes and Jabs ship with Captain Bates as first-class seamen. When the captain wants his bearings they are both asleep but are soon aroused. Up aloft Pokes is amazed at the sights that greet his eye through the telescope. Jabs takes the ...See morePokes and Jabs ship with Captain Bates as first-class seamen. When the captain wants his bearings they are both asleep but are soon aroused. Up aloft Pokes is amazed at the sights that greet his eye through the telescope. Jabs takes the telescope and wonderful things appear, among them some dancing girls at the county fair. They decide to take French leave, and are soon at the fair. The captain's wife and two daughters are there also, and while the girls accompany their gentlemen friends about the grounds, mother decides to have her palm read. In her haste she leaves her handbag on the bench and Pokes and Jabs discover it, and their joy is supreme when they find in it a roll of bills. They proceed to the fair, and Pokes gives a wonderful exhibition of archery. Mother and the girls witness the arrow shooting and recognize the handbag. Pokes takes to his heels, and just as Jabs is about to be taken off by a policeman the wild animals break loose. Jabs is singled out by one of them and a race for life begins, ending at the hatchway of the ship. Jabs is about to give up when he gets the surprise of his life. "Did the bear eat Pokes or did Pokes eat the bear?" Written by Moving Picture World, October 6, 1917 See less