Two A.M.

"Two A. M." is a one-reel comedy short starring Tom Howard, a comedian who only made a few films and whose name is mostly unknown today. It also co-stars his partner, George Shelton. It's a shame, as this is a most enjoyable film....albeit VERY strange.

The film stars Howard as an assistant to a burglar. Neither are very bright, but Howard's character is amazingly clueless! While they are robbing a house, he asks the lady of the house for the combination for her safe....and when she doesn't give it to him, he complains about how rude she is! And, when they make a ton of noise, alerting the cops, the reaction by the pair and the cop is just weird.

This is a film you really should see for yourself. Describing it won't be funny...but the film itself is clever and funny. Well worth seeing and one of the strangest comedies I've ever seen.

Tom Howard is working as an assistant to George Shelton. Shelton is a burglar, and he seems pretty good at his job, but Howard keeps asking for instructions at the top of his lungs, asks the lady of the house they are robbing for the combination to her safe, and quizzes a cop who seems as clueless as he whether he expects them to walk eight blocks out of their way to the precinct house.

Howard never hit it big in the movies, but he had a good supporting role in RAIN OR SHINE, and a long streak of shorts, first for Paramount and then for Educational Pictures. Eventually he went into radio and did well there.