{"id":1138,"date":"2023-12-05T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T17:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2023-12-05T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T17:24:09","slug":"go-west-1923","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/2023\/12\/05\/go-west-1923\/","title":{"rendered":"Go West (1923)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Go West<\/em> is a 1923 silent comedy short, directed by Len Powers and featuring some chimps dressed up as people, albeit people with fake tails, as was the style at the time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest001s.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest001s.png 800w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest001s-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest001s-768x562.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A father throws his useless wastrel son out of the house, so he hitches a ride on the railroad out west, holds up a clothes store, then gets lynched for his crime.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite the tale to tell in just under twelve minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest003s.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest003s.png 800w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest003s-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/accumulationofthings.com\/100\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gowest003s-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luckily at the end it was all a dream, and the feckless young chimp man can go back to being a useless old drunk once again.<\/p>\n<p>___________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/p>\n<p>1.<\/strong> <em>I watched this on blu-ray, and took the screenshots from this essentially version on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i-TYg0-0nJY\">youtube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <em>Not to be confused with the 1925 Buster Keaton film of the same name.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> <em>Even though I only saw it because it was included as an extra with the 1925 Buster Keaton film of the same name.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> <em>Like all things with animals dressed up as humans, this was deeply unsettling and upsetting in almost every way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> <em>Although the dog sheriff at least looked like he was having fun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film Information<\/p>\n<p>Title:<\/strong> <em>Go West<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> <em>1923<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Director: <\/strong><em>Len Powers<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Duration:<\/strong> <em>12 minutes<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Watch:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i-TYg0-0nJY\">youtube<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go West is a 1923 silent comedy short, directed by Len Powers and featuring some chimps dressed up as people, albeit people with fake tails, as was the style at the time. 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