In 19th century Edinburgh, a respected surgeon and his student resort to grave-robbing and murder to provide cadavers for their anatomical studies. The guilt and fear of discovery haunt them as an angry mob closes in.
A plumber gets tangled up with a gang of criminals when a stolen gold is hidden in a toilet seat. Along the way, he encounters various eccentric characters and gets entangled in hilarious situations.
After the loss of his mother to cancer, a 14-year-old troubled teen named Watts finds solace and purpose in go-kart racing. With the help of his father, a widower and former racing champion, he faces off against his rival in a thrilling race to victory.
A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
Here we have 'The Gown Shop', very much in Semon's usual style but with fewer laughs than usual. Semon plays his default character, a grotesque hard-working incompetent. (I'm going to be using the word 'grotesque' a lot in this particular review.) This time round, he blunders into a boutique. After causing some damage he can't pay for, Larry is put to work as a general dogsbody. Mayhem ensues.
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