Two-Gun Gussie

1918 film

May 19, 1918 (1918-05-19)

Running time

8 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Two-Gun Gussie is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Plot

Gussie (Harold Lloyd) is a mild-mannered easterner who finds employment as a piano player in a rowdy western saloon. Dagger-Tooth Dan, the toughest character in town, sees two letters the local sheriff has received. One includes a picture of him, from another western sheriff, with a warning that Dan is a violent menace. The other letter contains a photo of Gussie and a check from his father, asking the sheriff to gave the check to Gussie. Dan switches the photos in the envelopes so that he receives Gussie's check. Furthermore, the sheriff now believes that Gussie is a violent gunman. Within a short time, the entire town is scared of Gussie's reputation. Gussie himself starts to believe he is a tough guy. Inevitably, Gussie clashes with Dagger-Tooth Dan.

Cast

Harold Lloyd as Two-Gun Gussie (Harold)
Snub Pollard as Snub (credited as Harry Pollard)
Bebe Daniels as The Girl
William Blaisdell as Dagger-Tooth Dan
Charles Stevenson as Whooping-Cough Charlie, the Sheriff
Sammy Brooks (uncredited)
Billy Fay (uncredited)
William Gillespie as Angry bar patron (uncredited)
Helen Gilmore (uncredited)
Lew Harvey (uncredited)
Wallace Howe (uncredited)
Bud Jamison (uncredited)
Gus Leonard as Conservatory listener / bar patron (uncredited)
Fred C. Newmeyer (uncredited)
James Parrott (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert as An Admirer (uncredited)

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Two-Gun Gussie was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut the vulgar action of a man after being shot in the posterior.^[1]