While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
Stunts
Lloyd's carnival chaos — no safety nets, all courage.
Practical Effects
1920s amusement park is the real set.
Director
Hal Roach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hal Roach directed this the same year he founded his legendary studio.
This captures the 1920s American carnival boom, when parks were revolutionizing leisure and courtship.
US
