Film Fun #1

Winkle arrives at the fair with a note from the lovely Lucy in hand, then sets out to impress her by winning cigars and prizes—first at the rifle range, then at a punching machine that catches the attention of a hearty sportsman who doesn't take kindly to being kicked. What follows is a collision of Winkle's scheming and the stranger's fists, with our hero caught very much in the middle of a situation he can't quite punch his way out of.

When Lawrence Semon opens a store in the town of Scrapville, he's caught off guard by the desperado Stumpy Steve, who demands his money at gunpoint—but a quick-thinking move with a shop blind full of water turns the tables. Now armed and in control, Lawrence marches the soaked criminal to his back garden to help finish building a chicken house, putting the would-be robber to work instead of jail. By story's end, the sheriff arrives with a reward for capturing Steve, leaving Lawrence to reflect on the unexpected fortune of the day.

When Aunt Polly confiscates Marie's swing, the resourceful girl fashions an ingenious replacement from a clothes-prop and hanging shirts—and when her friend Rastus loses his ball across the river, Marie's quick thinking and a pair of old boots come to the rescue. A charming tale of childhood ingenuity that shows how a playful mind can turn everyday objects into solutions.

When Ambrose awakens to find himself the unwitting centerpiece of a prank—decorated with paint and billed as "The Smallest Dwarf in the World" by mischievous zoo doorkeeper Horace—he plots a delicious counter-scheme. Armed with a pot of white paint and righteous indignation, Ambrose heads straight back to the Zoo to even the score in this rollicking tale of practical-joke one-upmanship from *Film Fun*.

Ben Turpin and Charlie Conklin get a brilliant idea to film a rival show's audience in order to secure their own fortune and fame, putting their cunning scheme into action when the moment is right.