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Blow Your Horn
(1916) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Louis Myll
Cast: Harry Watson Jr. (Harry Watson) [Musty Suffer], Della Connor [the lady fair], Joseph Burke [the Western Union employer], H.H. McCullum, Maxfield Moree
George Kleine Productions production; distributed by Kleine-Edison Feature Service. / Released 21 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Musty appropriates a bicycle but proves to be a poor rider, as far as the “safety first” principle is concerned. In attempting to avoid running down a lady intent upon tying her shoelaces in the middle of the sidewalk. Musty crashes through the door of a telegraph office, temporarily wrecking the establishment. Seeing his bicycle, and being in need of a messenger boy, the telegraph operator drafts Musty to fill the job. Our hero is magically provided with an A.D.T. uniform and put to work. To prove he is a real, genuine messenger boy, Musty promptly falls into a deep sleep on the bench. The lady fair finds it necessary to have a lot of long poles taken away from her house and sends for a boy. Musty is awakened with considerable difficulty, and only after unique methods, savoring of the physical rather than the psychological, are applied. On his way to the residence of the lady fair, his bicycle breaks down and he is forced to “get out and get under.” While he is lying prone on the roadway, an automobile backs over him and stops with one of the rear wheels resting on Musty’s chest. Musty finds this very annoying indeed, and appeals to a passing, cop. The cop, after examining the chauffeur’s license and chatting with him for some time, orders him to proceed, and Musty is released from his predicament. Musty goes on to his destination and manages to get the poles through the door by widening the latter with a saw. His next trip is to the home of another lady, and while waiting for her to give him the package he is to deliver, he is subjected to a terrible shock. The lady goes behind a screen, and immediately various bits of feminine wearing apparel are tossed over the screen, alighting at Musty’s feet. Musty’s face shows his mental agony, but pretty soon the screen falls and shows that the buxom lady of the house has merely been searching a trunk to find the box that Musty is to take away. In the park, a pretty nurse maid persuades the ever-obliging Musty to mind the baby carriage while she talks politics to the park policeman. Musty tires of rocking the carriage and stops. Then he gets a terrible shock, for the infant, who wears long whiskers and weighs nearly two hundred pounds, raises up from the perambulator and commands: “Rock me, ya big bum, rock me.” And Musty rocks him, with a rock. Musty is provided with two lively assistants. Speedy Rush and Inna Hurry, who strangely resemble lay figures, but who work beautifully in harmony with the energetic Musty. The three get into trouble with the cop, who pursues them until they fall over a cliff. The audience is not long left in suspense as to their fate, however, for Musty and his pals calmly get up and walk away.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 July 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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