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Marilyn Harris (left) and Sunny Jim McKeen.
Frame enlargement: courtesy Nicolas Ravain.
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The Newlyweds’
False Alarm
Also known as Les Moutards in France; De Nietdeugers in the Netherlands
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Francis Corby
Cast: Sunny Jim McKeen [Snookums], Marilyn Harris [Snookums’ girlfriend], Ed Dooley, Ethlyne Clair, Jack Egan
Distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal Junior Jewel]. / Executive producers, Julius Stern and Abe Stern. From a comic strip by George McManus. / Released 21 February 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Universal Weekly, 23 June 1928, page ?] Snookums loves the little girl next door. He took her for a ride in his toy motor car, and nearly got a walloping when many pedestrians whom he had knocked down demanded damages. / The Newlyweds and the neighbors inspect the new hotel. Snookums and his little pal help themselves to candy and generally start trouble. / Snookums locks the cook in the ice box and ices his father’s hat. He takes a ride on the dish conveyor and is snatched off by father, who falls into the washing vat. / When the proprietor takes his guests to see his best bedrooms, he finds Snookums has been there before him. The place is afloat. In the confusion the Newlyweds grab their darling and sneak away.
Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive (French and Dutch intertitles)]
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 October 2025.
References: Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Steve Massa.
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