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Close Shaves (1926)
Short | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Close Shaves (1926)

Short | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Johnny is a pupil in a school for barbers. He is elated when he is sent out to a swell hotel barber shop in the city. Johnny makes a lot of errors with a razor, but fortunately doesn't scalp anyone. He handles hot towels carelessly and is ...See moreJohnny is a pupil in a school for barbers. He is elated when he is sent out to a swell hotel barber shop in the city. Johnny makes a lot of errors with a razor, but fortunately doesn't scalp anyone. He handles hot towels carelessly and is a little unhandy with the clippers, but by managing to escape the eagle eye of the proprietor he keeps his job. Then he meets Helen. She is a simple country girl with her dresses to her ankles. She hasn't even learned to roll her socks. She makes a big hit with Johnny, who is heart-broken when she is refused a job as manicurist at the barber shop. Johnny tells Helen that she must spruce up a bit. She tucks up her skirts, rolls down her socks and on her second appearance makes a big hit with the boss barber and gets the job. Johnny is already in love with her. One of Johnny's errors with a razor results in the complete destruction of the beard of one of the patrons. But Johnny grabs the wig of a patron in a nearby chair, glues it on, and is about to get away with the deception when the bald-headed man discovers his loss. His wig is recovered but the bearded man swears vengeance when he catches Johnny. Johnny and Helen are sent to one of the hotel rooms to attend a guest. She is a beautiful vamp who proceeds to practice her wiles on Johnny. While she is vamping him, her sweetheart comes in. He is the man whom Johnny's error with the razor whom had robbed of the beard. He chases Johnny around the room until the luckless barber takes refuge in the bathroom. The guest next door, hearing a noise in the bathroom and thinking it is some suitor of his wife's breaks in the door just as the vamp's sweetheart enters from the other side. Each accuses the other-and the fight is on. When they are both knocked out, Helen enters, sees the prostrate men and, thinking Johnny has vanquished them, hails him as her hero. Written by Press Sheet from Library of Congress See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Johnny Arthur The Barber The Barber See fewer	The Monster (1925)
Helen Foster The Manicurist The Manicurist See fewer	The Primrose Path (1931)
Wallace Lupino 1st Hotel Guest 1st Hotel Guest See fewer	Hot News (1936)
Anita Garvin The Vamp The Vamp See fewer	Blotto (1930)
Robert Graves 2nd Hotel Guest 2nd Hotel Guest See fewer	Madame Spy (1934)
Estelle Bradley Actress Actress See fewer	Stick to Your Story (1926)
George Davis Actor Actor See fewer	The Circus (1928)