This two-reel Stan Laurel comedy was apparently made up of outtakes from 1922's The Pest, and parts of a much earlier film, Nuts in May. Laurel plays a book salesman (as he does in The Pest), but his only volume for sale is a biography of Napoleon Bonaparte. A brick hits him on the head, and he becomes convinced he is Napoleon. He gathers together his "troops" (actually a group of neighborhood children) and orders them to fire upon a house. The kids pelt the house with stones and the salesman is taken to a mental institution. After several escape attempts, he gets his hands on some nuts -- the edible, not the human kind. They're almost impossible to crack, and he steals a steamroller to get them open. He winds up in court once more, but finally he comes to his senses and becomes a book salesman again. This picture was rejected by its releasing company, Metro, and did not see the light of day until 1925, three years after it was made.
by Janiss Garza
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