| It's a Gift | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hugh Fay |
| Produced by | Hal Roach |
| Starring | Snub Pollard |
| Production company | Hal Roach Studios |
| Distributed by | Pathe Exchange |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
It's a Gift (1923) is a short silent movie comedy film featuring Snub Pollard and directed by Hugh Fay.
Plot
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact an eccentric inventor (Pollard), who has devised a new gasoline substitute.
The inventor himself lives in a home filled with his strange inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation, and jumps into his "magnet car".
In popular culture
The most famous sequence in the film shows Pollard using a large magnet to put his car into motion.
The sequence in which Pollard appears from around the corner and observes the multi-car collision was used on Sesame Street in an educational film about traffic lights, which premiered in the first episode of the show's second season in the fall of 1970.
Cast
- Snub Pollard ... Inventor Pollard
- Marie Mosquini ... The Girl
- William Gillespie ... Weller Pump, oil executive
- Wallace Howe ... Customer
- Mark Jones ... Swindler
- Eddie Dunn ... Postman (uncredited)
References
- Snub Pollard in "It's a gift" (1923) on Pathéscope, YouTube
- Sesame Street - Traffic Lights (1970), YouTube
External links
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- 1923 films
- 1923 comedy films
- 1923 short films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American comedy short films
- American silent short films
- Films about scientists
- Silent American comedy films
- Surviving American silent films
- English-language comedy short films
- Short silent comedy film stubs