Tag Day (1909)

• 84%
• 1909
• Comedy
• Gilbert M. Anderson
• Ben Turpin
• Augustus Carney
• Albert Macklin

The custom of young women "tagging" men on the public streets (on a day specially set aside and called "Tag Day") to secure funds for various charitable purposes, offers many opportunities for excellent humor, and the fact that other manufacturers have not seen the wonderful possibilities of this subject is proven by our motto, "We lead, others follow." This subject should call for one continuous burst of mirth from the opening scene until the finish. A matron is seen handing tags to a bevy of beautiful young ladies and they depart in search of spoils. A tramp, after witnessing the wonderful ease with which the girls entrap their victims, decides to become one of the bunch. First be discovers where the matron keeps the tags and steals all in sight. Nest he appropriates some ladies' garments from a convenient clothes line and a wig from the show case of a costumer, and efficiently disguises himself as a grotesque old lady. He has many very funny adventures, securing much change. The girls and matrons discover the tags missing, start a search for the culprit and find the supposed old lady just releasing a victim. Suspecting something wrong, the ladies chase the tramp, who in his flight upsets a policeman asleep at his post. The police join in pursuit. The tramp gains a wide 1ead, dodges behind a hedge, disrobes and appears in his proper person just as the police appear. He throws them off the scent and remains in possession of his ill-gotten gains.