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  • Shorty Unearths a Tartar (1917)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Shorty Unearths a Tartar (1917)
Short | Short, Drama
The Chief of the Secret Service sends Shorty to Egypt to find Professor Watts, an archaeologist, and notify him that the Egyptian Government objects to his desecrating the ancient tombs. Shorty finds the professor is at Arrowhead Ranch, ...See moreThe Chief of the Secret Service sends Shorty to Egypt to find Professor Watts, an archaeologist, and notify him that the Egyptian Government objects to his desecrating the ancient tombs. Shorty finds the professor is at Arrowhead Ranch, and being taken to the professor's tent to sleep lays down among a lot of relics. Among the antiques Shorty discovers a mummy which the professor says is Peopat. Falling asleep Shorty dreams he discovers in a vase a note stating that within the folds of the mummy cloth there is a phial of liquid which will bring the mummy to life. Shorty tries it and Peopat comes to life as a beautiful vampire dancing girl. The lost tribe of Egypt, hearing what the Americans have dine, attack the camp and kill all but Shorty. Peopat makes him her slave, and takes him to the palace of an Arabian priest. In attempting to escape Shorty swims through a stream filled with crocodiles and is slowly drowning when he wakes up and finds the cowboys have placed a bucket over his head to stifle his snoring. Shorty is relieved to find it has all been a dream. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Robert Gray (as Bob Gray)
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Updated Apr 23, 1917
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Apr 23, 1917 (United States)

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