A 9-minute fever dream of slapstick courtship that'll make you grateful for modern dating apps.
Direction
Roy Del Ruth keeps three love triangles spinning in nine minutes flat.
Practical Effects
Real carnival chaos—no CGI, just actual danger and perfect timing.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios pumped out over 100 two-reelers in 1923 alone; this surviving fragment represents the factory-line absurdity that defined early Hollywood comedy.
The 'itching courtship' refers to literal flea circus subplots and metaphorical restlessness—pre-code cinema's last gasp of unhinged physical comedy before Hays Code sanitization.
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