Series: Paul Parrott Director: Jay A. Howe Producer: Hal Roach Titles: H.M. Walker Photography: Editor: Stars: James Parrott, Jobyna Ralston Company: Pathé Exchange Released: 31 December 1922 Length: 1 reel Production No.: C-69 Filming dates: September 30 - October 7, 1922; retakes October 14, 1922 Rating: 2/10

Fire The Fireman

From approximately 2 minutes of footage available for review: It's a fire drill at the yard and with the ringing of the bell, the sleepy firemen get up, one falls down the hole where the pole is, and a fat fireman gets wedged in the pole-hole. A monkey emerges from a cabinet (!) and puts his hat on. The guys then go outside for some sort of half-assed parade. Paul (James Parrott) sees his girlfriend (Jobyna Ralston) with her a group of her friends when the call comes in that the palace is on fire. The firemen rush off to the scene with Paul dragging his girlfriend along with him. Paul hands a wrench to the monkey, who unlocks the fire hydrant. With Paul holding the fire hose, he is informed by a cop that his girlfriend has managed to get herself trapped in the burning building. He rushes in and saves her...... and her small dog. Yeah I know... I don't understand it either!

Trivia • Copyrighted December 14, 1922. • The fragment of the film I was able to review is currently on YouTube, courtesy Dave Glass. My opinion • Hard to fathom anything of a storyline from only 2 minutes of footage. But it looks like your typical bog-standard Paul Parrott 'comedy'.

	James Parrott Paul, fireman
	Jobyna Ralston Paul's girlfriend
	George Rowe Fire chief
	William Gillespie Official
	Jack Hill Fireman
	Marvin Loback Fat fireman
	Charlie Hall Fireman
	Bill Strother Pedestrian
	Charles Lloyd Official
	Al Forbes Fireman
	UNIDENTIFIED Female pedestrian #1
	UNIDENTIFIED Female pedestrian #2

Acknowledgements: Dave Glass (footage) Jesse Brisson (identification of Jack Hill, Marvin Loback, Al Forbes, Charles Lloyd, Bill Strother, Charlie Hall) This page was last updated on: 31 December 2023