Camera Interviews - Billy Bennett At Home (1929)

Introductory intertitle reads: “And almost a gentleman - “ (I think this is Billy Bennett’s catch phrase). Billy looks through the window of a set which looks like a very scruffy room with a bottle of beer, peeling wallpaper and washing hanging over the window. Billy is suddenly hit by a flying object. He walks on to the set. He looks around the room and hangs his hat on a non existent nail. He takes off his jacket and looks around for somewhere to hang it - there isn’t anywhere so he puts it back on. He walks around the back of a sofa and puts his leg up and onto the back of it. “If you want a waistline like mine, try these exercises, said Billy.“ Funny business ensues. Billy contorts a pair of fake legs - pretty funny. A bearded fellow walks in - presumably his sidekick. He is Scottish. He says: “Trunk call fra’ the Zoo, Sir-r!“ Billy walks off leaving the legs (he is in his underpants). “Just - and the glass is rising - (and falling!)“ reads an intertitle. Four bottles and four pin