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Originally Posted by Heisuke
The actress is Paulette Goddard, IIRC. Some other short subjects similar to this are:
The Hot Spot, also a Taxi Boys comedy
Limousine Love, Charley Chase.
I think they are on one of the streaming sites if you search for them.
I saw this still while I was looking through some old "Film Fun" magazine auctions on ebay - would love to see the actual comedy short this is taken from, but it's over 90 years old now and probably lost forever. Can't even find a reference to it anywhere.
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That's a great find from the "Film Fun" magazine. Thanks for posting. There is a Harold Lloyd short called Off The Trolley that can be found on youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht3LqTjLWs. But it doesn't include any scene such as this. The plot involves two thieves robbing the trolley which could explain how the women ended up in barrels. But either it was cut from the film or just a publicity photo to sell the film. Or maybe it was another film entirely!
And, a quick clarification. The actress in Thundering Taxis is Muriel Evans, not Paulette Goddard. Ms. Evans also loses her dress in the other Taxi Boys short you mention - Hot Spot. It can be found on DailyMotion:
www.dailymotion.com/video/x3n4w14