(Clarence Badger, US 1926, 60 min.)

Silent Tuesdays The least-perturbable and at the same time least-seen major silent comedian was the impeccable Raymond Griffith. Only three of his 11 starring features survive in complete form, with his Civil War essay Hands Up! being his supreme extant achievement. A dapper, neatly mustachioed man usually clad in tails and top hat, Griffith here unflappably faces shell explosions, firing squads, violent silver mine owner Mack Swain, and two sisters who (quite literally) love him identically with eerily practical charm — really, nothing fazes him, and he always seems to express “why should it?”

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