Ham and the Jitney Bus

Ham and the Jitney Bus

12 mins | Feb. 26, 1915

A short comic film in which a bickering duo start a taxi company. A constantly quarrelling duo, consisting of a tall fat man and a short thin man, find a wallet on the street, with twenty dollars inside. They use that money to buy a car, and then set up their own taxi company. The competition is fierce, and their clumsiness creates many problems. They even turn to transvestism and the kidnapping of passengers to boost their business.

Ham and the Jitney Bus

12 mins | Feb. 26, 1915

Ham and the Jitney Bus
A short comic film in which a bickering duo start a taxi company. A constantly quarrelling duo, consisting of a tall fat man and a short thin man, find a wallet on the street, with twenty dollars inside. They use that money to buy a car, and then set up their own taxi company. The competition is fierce, and their clumsiness creates many problems. They even turn to transvestism and the kidnapping of passengers to boost their business.
Producers
Original title Ham and the Jitney Bus
Directors
Writers

Cast

Lloyd Hamilton

as Ham - the Chauffeur

Bud Duncan

as Bud - the Conductor