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  • A Lunatic at Large (1910)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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A Lunatic at Large (1910)
Short | Comedy, Short
A college professor, named Tuttle, instructor of zoology and "bugology," becomes insane and is committed to an asylum for the insane. A Mr. Ward, living near the asylum, receives word from a friend that an eminent scientist, Professor ...See moreA college professor, named Tuttle, instructor of zoology and "bugology," becomes insane and is committed to an asylum for the insane. A Mr. Ward, living near the asylum, receives word from a friend that an eminent scientist, Professor Burling, specialist in entomology, will visit America and will call on him. Professor Tuttle escapes from the asylum and wanders out into the woods in search of rare specimens of insect life. Professor Burling, passing through the same wood on his way to visit Mr. Ward, sits down to rest and incidentally finds some interesting species of life. He carefully examines them with his magnifying glass, which he puts back into his satchel, then falls asleep. The escaped lunatic comes along, finds the eminent scientist enjoying his nap, takes his satchel and goes in further search of the animalculae kingdom. He saunters along until he comes to the home of Mr. Ward, enters and proceeds to make himself at home by removing his shoes and coat, seating himself at the table and examining things with the magnifying glass. The maid comes in. He hops around like a frog, examines her hair and plucks the bow from her cap, which he investigates very carefully, thinking it some rare species of butterfly. The girl runs from the room and summons her employer. Mr. Ward looks at the foolish professor, who jumps onto the table and does other surprising capers which sets his host guessing until he sees the satchel with the name "John Burling" on it. He tries to make his guest at ease, and while he is talking the lunatic jerks the buttons from Mr. Ward's vest as if they were beetles or some other living thing that might escape him. Humoring his eccentric friend, Mr. Ward induces him to retire. While all this is going on the guards at the asylum discover the escape of Professor Tuttle and start out to find him. They call at Mr. Ward's, who informs them he has no tidings of Professor Tuttle. They hasten away. They have no sooner gone when the real Professor Burling comes to visit Mr. Ward, who mistakes him for the escaped lunatic, ties him to a chair and calls up the asylum to come get him at once. They get there in a buggy, but fail to recognize the captive as the lunatic, whom they describe and whom Mr. Ward identifies as the man he is entertaining. They release Burling, rush into the bedroom and find the "bird" has flown through the window. They all start in pursuit; the chase is exciting, and the daffy professor proves himself to be a regular "cut-up," jumping up into the trees and doing some extraordinary stunts from the lamppost and anything else that gets in his way, until he is captured in a lake. Into which he makes an Annette Kellerman dive. Professor John Burling is disgusted with his experience and the whole blooming business, and decides to get away from it all. Mr. Ward seems to be in wrong with his distinguished guest, but after much explanation and reconsideration of the matter they look at the whole affair as a huge joke, and have a jolly good laugh over a social glass and a friendly cigar. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Sep 17, 1910
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Sep 17, 1910 (United States)

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