Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator (1914)

• 69%
• 1914
• Comedy
• Western
• Roy Clements
• Margaret Joslin
• Victor Potel
• Harry Todd

Handbills are distributed among the inhabitants of Snakeville, advertising the fact that Sophie Clutts, who has the most perfect figure in the world, will demonstrate straight-back corsets at the Blue Front Emporium the following evening. Slippery Slim, the barber, is the first one to spy her when she arrives, and hastens to give her all the assistance possible. Sophie has the attention of all the men in town, much to the disgust of their wives, and Slim, who is a bachelor, is the only one who fails to make an impression. After being kicked out of the house by Sophie's suitors, Slim climbs to the roof and tries to smoke them out by stuffing up the chimney. His plan is effective, but he is caught and tied to the chimney, where he sets the "smoking.