Among Those Present (1921)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1921-05-29
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
Writers: Hal Roach , Sam Taylor , H.M. Walker
Language: None
Stars: Harold Lloyd , Mildred Davis , Aggie Herring , James T. Kelley , Vera White , William Gillespie , Rollin Aremz , Olive Barker , Hal Berg , K. Bleus
Runtime: 34 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: High Society , Among Those Present (United States of America) , Among Those Present , Er auf Fuchsjagd (Germany) , Seurapiirihai (Finland) , Ló-show (Hungary) , 客に混って (Japan) , Entre os Presentes (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Высший свет (Russian Federation) , Harold Lloyd paa Rævejagt (Denmark) , La Chasse au renard (France, French Republic) , High Society (Germany)
Plot: Of the wealthy O'Brien family, Mrs. O'Brien likes to flaunt their wealth and social standing, whereas Mr. O'Brien and their young adult daughter just like having fun doing the simpler things in life that don't require a lot of money. Mrs. O'Brien is having her social pilot arrange a weekend fox hunt, at which Mrs. O'Brien insists that the pilot arrange for Lord Abernathy, a renowned outdoorsman from out of town who is staying at the Ritz-Waldorf Hotel, to attend. The pilot knows that Lord Abernathy's attendance is crucial for her own plans, while the pilot's accomplice knows that getting Lord Abernathy to attend would be difficult. The accomplice instead hires a Ritz-Waldorf coat check bellboy name O'Reilly, who has a knack for impersonating the rich and famous when he wears the garb, to pretend to be Lord Abernathy, they telling him the deception is all in fun. At the weekend gathering, O'Reilly is adept enough at spinning yarns of his supposed outdoor exploits, but it may be a different story when it comes right down to participating in the hunt itself. But O'Reilly may have bigger issues with which to deal when he learns of the pilot and her accomplice's true intentions to bilk the O'Briens out of their riches, which includes the accomplice marrying the daughter, the latter aspect which may be more troubling as O'Reilly is falling for the daughter himself.
IMDB:tt0011922