- Title: F-8236
- Summary: SO YOU WANT TO BE A GAMBLER: JOE MCDOAKES. AT PAYPHONE IN DRUG STORE. LITTLE BOY GIVES HIM A NICKEL. THROWS COIN. HEADS OR TAILS. PLAYS PINBALL. LOOSENING UP. KID SNIFF. KID BLOWS HIS NOSE. KID SMILES. CONGRATULATIONS. WINS MONEY. CASINO. PARROT TALKS. BLACKJACK. FRIEND INTERFERES. POKER GAME. MAN SMOKING CIGAR. FRUSTRATED. MAN HAS THREE HANDS. CHEATING. MAN WITH GUN. PULLS MAN'S HAND OUT. FAKE HAND. 4 ACES. CIGARETTE CASE. LOADED DICE. CRAPS. DICE JUMP UP & DOWN. ANGRY MAN. ROULETTE WHEEL. MAN GRABS HIS COLLAR. GIVES PEANUT TO PARROT. EXCITED. CROSSES FINGERS. CRIES. SLOT MACHINE. HITS MACHINE. LEMONS COME OUT OF SLOT MACHINE.
- Description:01:23:24 - JOE READS NEWSPAPER, SMOKES IN COFFEE SHOP 01:23:49 - BIG, OLD GUY TALKS ON TELEPHONE 01:24:00 - JOE TALKS ON PHONE WHILE HOLDING HIS NOSE 01:24:10 - JOE TOLD HE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF 01:24:17 - NEWSPAPER BAG, JOE SEARCHES HIS POCKETS. JOE FLIPS COIN, TAKES PAPER, GIVES IT BACK. TRICKS KID OUT OF A NICKEL 01:24:45 - JOE AT PINBALL MACHINE 01:24:49 - HAND ON PINBALL SWITCH 01:24:59 - CU HAND USING CLOTH/SAND PAPER TO RUB SWITCH ON PINBALL MACHINE 01:25:04 - MAN WATCHES JOE WORK ON PINBALL MACHINE 01:25:08 - JOE TAKES OFF JACKET, LOOSENS UP HANDS & WRISTS, ETC 01:25:16 - LITTLE BOY STARES AT HIM UNIMPRESSED 01:25:19 - CU PINBALL SWITCH 01:25:30 - CU CHILD GETS SNOT RAG...UH...HANDKERCHIEF SHOVED AT HIS FACE. 01:25:37 - JOE PERFORMS STUPID MOVEMENTS TO GET READY TO PLAY ' PINBALL 01:25:40 - CU HAND SLIPS ON SWITCH AS KID BLOWS NOSE 01:25:44 - JOE CAN'T LOOK 01:25:53 - PINBALL MACHINE LIGHTS UP, MAKES NOISE, SAYS JACKPOT 01:25:55 - CU SHOP OWNER GETS HAND TO CHECK "HOLY COW" - GREAT REACTION SHOT 01:25:55 - KID SMILES 01:25:57 - PEOPLE CONGRATULATE JOE. UPSET MAN PAYS UP. HE COUNTS OUT MONEY 01:26:14 - CASINO. PEOPLE GAMBLE 01:26:44 - PARROT TALKS TO JOE 01:26:54 - GAMBLING 01:27:01 - FRIEND SLAPS JOE ON THE BACK 01:27:15 - CU CARDS & POKER CHIPS 01:27:18 - DEALER FLIPS CARD 01:27:34 - POKER GAME 01:28:13 - CU HANDS HOLD POKER HAND 01:28:25 - MAN, SUSPICIOUS, HOLDS CARDS, USES THIRD HAND TO CHANGE CARDS 01:28:32 - MAN PULLS OUT GUN 01:28:48 - MAN HOLDS GUN ON HIM 01:29:07 - CU 5 ACES, JOE PUTS ON HAT, LEAVES 01:29:13 - TWO GUYS AT A CRAP GAME 01:29:27 - CU HAND HOLDS CIGARETTE CASE. DICE INSIDE, CRAPS CONTINUE 01:29:40 - CU HANDS SWITCH DICE 01:29:45 - CU DICE = 7 01:29:48 - CRAPS CONTINUE. DICE HOP AROUND. DICE EXPLODE OUT OF DEALER'S HAND 01:30:25 - MAN GRABS JOE BY THROAT & LABELS AND THREATENS HIM 01:30:32 - CU ROULETTE WHEEL. PEOPLE PLAY ROULETTE 01:30:41 - CU PARROT TALKS 01:30:49 - ROULETTE, CU WHEEL 01:31:03 - JOE, HAPPY, GIVES PEANUT TO PARROT 01:31:14 - CU PARROT TALKS, ROULETTE AGAIN 01:31:15 - JOE SAYS TO CAMERA "I'M RICH"!" ROULETTE CONTINUES 01:32:23 - CU PARROT TALKS AGAIN 01:32:33 - CU JOE RUBS HIS HEAD. CRIES - GREAT REACTION 01:32:37 - CU SLOT MACHINE. JOE PLAYS SLOT MACHINES 01:33:13 - CU JOE SNEAKS UP TO SLOT MACHINE AND PULLS ARM 01:33:17 - CU THREE LEMONS ON SLOT MACHINE 01:33:21 - JOE GETS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH PAY OFF. MANY LEMONS THE END GEORGE O'HANLON
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1948
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-8236