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Ham and the Jitney Bus

Ham and the Jitney Bus

1915Short⏱️ 12m
ComedyShort
6
IMDB Rating
17 votes

Hungry and broken, Ham and Bud sit themselves down on a curbstone, while pondering upon ways and means of landing a meal. Both see a wallet lying on the sidewalk. With one accord they make a grab for it. The wallet contains $20. A...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Lloyd Hamilton, Bud Duncan
Release Date
February 26, 1915
Language
None, English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Lloyd Hamilton
Lloyd Hamilton
as Ham - the Chauffeur
Bud Duncan
Bud Duncan
as Bud - the Conductor

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Kalem Company

🏷️ Keywords

cross dressingman disguised as a womanriding on a running boardbusinesswomanclimbing between moving vehicles

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Why Should Ham Get To Kick Bud When The Audience Can't?
by boblipton2020-09-24
3/10

"Ham and Bud spend the first half of this movie trying to kill each other. Then they find some money and buy a touring car, which they convert to a jitney bus. However, for some reason, people prefer to ride with the beautiful young woman in her clean car rather than these two. In this period Lloyd Hamilton and Bud Duncan played a couple of characters. Looking like bums, they wandered into situations, abused each other and anyone nearby, and left. They were popular enough to sustain Kalem in its waning days. This argues that the public was so hungry for comedy, they would look at anything. Whe..."

📖 Synopsis

Hungry and broken, Ham and Bud sit themselves down on a curbstone, while pondering upon ways and means of landing a meal. Both see a wallet lying on the sidewalk. With one accord they make a grab for it. The wallet contains $20. A...