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  • The Blackhanders (1916)
  • Short | Short, Comedy
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The Blackhanders (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy
Jerry's sympathy is aroused by a blind man who is playing an accordion. He is about to donate to the unfortunate's tin cup when the musician winks an eye and Larry gets suspicious. He informs a policeman about the fakir and as the guardian...See moreJerry's sympathy is aroused by a blind man who is playing an accordion. He is about to donate to the unfortunate's tin cup when the musician winks an eye and Larry gets suspicious. He informs a policeman about the fakir and as the guardian of the law arrests the beggar Jerry runs off with the accordion. He serenades his sweetheart. The discord of Jerry's singing and the weird sounds of the instrument attract the father and he investigates. At the same time, Hank, the gardener, rushes to remonstrate with Jerry. In the meantime the father has armed himself with a large vase and just as he drops it from a third story window, directed at Jerry's head, Hank appears and he is the target and is knocked unconscious. Jerry tries to revive the stunned man with music from the accordion, but before he has administered much treatment the father has summoned the police and Jerry takes to his feet. His flight carries him to a secluded spot where there is in hiding a band of blackhanders. The "lookout" spies Jerry and at the point of a gun orders him to enter the "shack of mystery." The chief of the band is getting ready to send an anonymous letter to a wealthy merchant and plans are being perfected to install an infernal machine in the man's house. The band decide to force Jerry to carry the letter and the machine to the house. Jerry is astonished when he finds that the merchant is the father of his sweetheart. Urged on by two blackhanders. Jerry arrives at the house. He fights his way past the butler and when he sees his sweetheart he fears for her safety. The father appears and .Jerry hands him the letter. A general mix-up follows and Jerry rushes up stairs and he locks himself in a room with the daughter. Suddenly he remembers that he has a dangerous infernal machine with him and he rushes out to the hall. The father, butler and mother give chase and Jerry, not desiring to injure the girl he loves, runs out of the house, carrying the machine with him. He hurries back to the blackhanders' shack, escaping the police as the two members or the gang who were guarding him are arrested. Gaining an entrance to the shack, Jerry places the machine in front of the chief and starts to run when he is hustled back by the other members of the gang. The chief remembers the hour of the expected explosion and with his henchmen rushes out of the building, leaving Jerry alone. A moment later there is a terrible explosion, the building is blown to pieces and Jerry sent sailing through the air, only to land in the path of the two policemen who are searching for him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated Sep 15, 1916
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Sep 15, 1916 (United States)

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