Moonlight Nights

Joe Moore disagrees with his father's taste in paintings, so he gets kicked out. After a number of false starts involving women, he gets a job as a waiter at a club where Gloria Joy is the star of the chorus.

Although part of the low opinion I hold of this states right comedy short may be due to its poor presentation -- like too many of the shorts posted on the National Film Preservation site, it seems to be offered at too slow a frame rate -- mostly it's due to the fact that there is little to amuse the viewer. While there is a nice variation on the Diamond Ring scam, the gags are badly paced,telegraphed well in advance, and the players go through their motions glumly, even the homicidal maniac. There were many cheaply made comedy shorts in this period, but surely you can find a better survivor.