During the period just before the US entered WWI, Lloyd Hamilton and Bud Duncan were teamed together in films as 'Ham & Bud'. While I've only seen a few of these movies, the films have a poor reputation today. Part of it is because they just aren't very funny and part of it is because the duo were just not very likable. And, in "Whirlwind of Whiskers" they aren't very likable as well.
When the story begins, Bud and Ham are sexually harassing some lady on the street. When a cop comes to stop this, they attack the cop and then run. Soon they are hiding out as barbers...though it doesn't seem as if the cop or anyone is chasing them.
The painful fact is that the film isn't funny. Add to that a man in blackface and you've got a film that just doesn't work in the 21st century...though I have a hard time believing it even worked in 1917.
By the way, I have no idea why but the copy of this on YouTube is tinted magenta.
