Mr. Jack, the Hash Magnate

1916

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Frank Daniels in Mr. Jack, the Hash Magnate (1916)

Happy Jack, the popular Hash Magnate of Harlem, is suddenly seized with high social aspirations and decides to carry out his ideas, to the great dismay of Lizzy Potts, the cook, who loves Ja... Read allHappy Jack, the popular Hash Magnate of Harlem, is suddenly seized with high social aspirations and decides to carry out his ideas, to the great dismay of Lizzy Potts, the cook, who loves Jack. He hires a full-dress outfit, plasters up his suitcase with canned goods labels and ar... Read allHappy Jack, the popular Hash Magnate of Harlem, is suddenly seized with high social aspirations and decides to carry out his ideas, to the great dismay of Lizzy Potts, the cook, who loves Jack. He hires a full-dress outfit, plasters up his suitcase with canned goods labels and arrives in a taxi at the Giltmore, where he registers as Count Di Woppo. There he makes the ... Read all

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Breaking Into Society

Harlem hash house cook Frank Daniels reads a book on society and decides to break into the high life. With an outfit from a pawn shop, he heads downtown and registers in a hotel under an Italian name and is mistaken for a prince. The prince soon shows up and challenges him to a duel.

It's not the first comedy in which lowlifes masqueraded as toffs -- it seems to be the plot of every second Three Stooges short. Still, to look at the trope before it settled into low, tired slapstick is amusing. Director C. J. Williams continues his practice of frequent close-ups of Daniels, permitting his mugging to amuse the audience.