Early to Bed
A slapstick silent comedy built on physical gags and role reversals, where a wealthy employer's mistreatment of his butler escalates into anarchic destruction.
Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.
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