Skylarking

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Harry Gribbon, Lila Leslie, and Jackie Lucas in Skylarking (1923)

Mack Sennett's frenzied slapstick style gets a spectacular lift in this high-flying comic fantasy. A hapless inventor named Victor Edison sets out to demonstrate his latest creation, a cross... Read allMack Sennett's frenzied slapstick style gets a spectacular lift in this high-flying comic fantasy. A hapless inventor named Victor Edison sets out to demonstrate his latest creation, a cross between an automobile and hot air balloon. After a few misfires he and another man's wife... Read allMack Sennett's frenzied slapstick style gets a spectacular lift in this high-flying comic fantasy. A hapless inventor named Victor Edison sets out to demonstrate his latest creation, a cross between an automobile and hot air balloon. After a few misfires he and another man's wife set out soaring over the city. It's a wondrous flight but, this being a Sennett comedy, t... Read all

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Harry Gribbon

Victor Edison

Lila Leslie

Victor's Wife

Kewpie Morgan

Gasoline Eddie

Alberta Vaughn

Eddie's Wife

Jackie Lucas

Victor's Son

Josephine Adair

Eddie's Daughter
(as Josephine Adaire)

Teddy the Dog

Teddy

Billy Armstrong

Blind Man
(uncredited)
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Andy Clyde

Old Geezer
(uncredited)

Ed Hubbell

Boy
(uncredited)

Marvin Loback

Neighbor
(uncredited)
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Director
- Roy Del Ruth
Writer
- Mack Sennett
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8planktonrules

Goofy and highly inventive

This comedy short isn't among the very funniest I have seen, but it sure deserves very high marks for being very creative and full of surprising special effects that were done very well for 1923.

The story is about a crackpot inventor who manages to get himself in a heap of trouble. Though no fault of his own, it appears that he's run off with the wife of a cop and both the policeman and the inventor's wife are in hot pursuit. What makes this interesting are the inventor's clever devices--such as a hot air balloon car! While not quite as polished and funny as the inventor in Snub Pollard's IT'S A GIFT, this one is pretty funny and memorable--making it a better than average Sennett film.