Just a Good Guy

1924Short⏱️ 23m

ShortComedy

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

84 votes

A pawn-shop employee who looks like a robot must substitute for it after it becomes damaged.

Director

Hampton Del Ruth

Writers

Hal Roach, H.M. Walker

Stars

Arthur Stone, Olive Borden, Katherine Grant

Release Date

December 21, 1924

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Arthur Stone

as Wilmot McBeezle

Olive Borden

as Slippery Sue

Katherine Grant

as Miss Dodo - the Inventor's Daughter

Kewpie Morgan

as Big Hearted Bill - the Landlord

Noah Young

as Policeman

Glen Cavender

as Pawnshop Owner

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Richard Daniels

as Professor Alonzo Dodo

Babe London

as Overdressed Flirt

Fay Wray

as Girl Entering Taxi

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Production

Hal Roach Studios

🏷️ Keywords

landlordshoplifterpawn shopinventorrobot

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Roach Tries a Touch of Sennett

by boblipton • 2014-10-13

6/10

"With Hampton del Ruth in charge of this Arthur Stone comedy, it's little surprise that it seems more like a Sennett comedy than a Roach comedy. In fact, the "mechanical man" plot was used several times by Sennett; 1917's "A Clever Dummy" with Ben Turpin springs to mind. The second half has him running a pawn shop and I don't have to tell you what that sounds like. Stone seems more like a precursor of Harry Langdon, with his childlike attitude, than a more typical Roach character, grounded at least partially in the real world. Perhaps this was a style of come..."

💡 Did You Know?

This short was screened at the Castro Theater in San Francisco for the 12th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, as part of a program entitled "Hal Roach: King of Comedy (1924-1929)" in 2007.

📖 Synopsis

A pawn-shop employee who looks like a robot must substitute for it after it becomes damaged.