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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
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11 kesäkuu 1916 (USA)
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Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his own time in periods for "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drink"...
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The early days of drug humor
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(Credited cast) | Douglas Fairbanks | ... | Coke Ennyday |
 | Bessie Love | ... | The Little Fish Blower |
| Alma Rubens | ... | His Female Accomplice |
| Allan Sears | ... | Gent Rolling in Wealth (as A.D. Sears) |
| Charles Stevens | ... | Japanese Accomplice |
| Tom Wilson | ... | Police Chief I.M. Keene |
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The Detective (USA) (working title)
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This very strange comedy from 1916 features a not-quite-yet-a-star Douglas Fairbanks (Senior) as Coke Ennyday, a bumbling private detective who spends most of his time injecting, snorting, or otherwise ingesting opium & cocaine products. ("Coke Ennyday" - get it?)
There's neat-o effects like backwards film to show Ennyday leaping out of water or onto rafters, as well as some minor slapstick, but the film's not all that funny, just weird. A recurring image is Ennyday looking a bit down, hand propping up his drooping face, the other reaching into his rope where a a belt of syringes is strapped around his chest. He'll take a syringe, inject himself, & then his face will beam with happiness.
Was drug humor like this popular in the 1910s? Did people really have that sort of knowledge about what cocaine could do? I don't really know, but for the modern audience - I saw this last night & the crowd ate it up - its utter strangeness & the farce that drug use is returned to is sure to please.