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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = The Adventures of Shorty<br />
| image = Shorty in the Tiger's Den.jpg<br />
| caption = ''Shorty in the Tiger's Den'' (1917)<br />
| director = [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]], [[Scott Sidney]]<br />
| producer = [[Broncho Film Company]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| starring = [[Shorty Hamilton]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| distributor = [[Mutual Film]]<br />
| released = March 18, 1914<br />
| runtime = 2 reels<br />
| country = United States<br />
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br />English intertitles<br />
}}<br />
'''''The Adventures of Shorty''''' is the name of a 1914 American [[short film|short]] [[silent film|silent]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] film featuring [[Shorty Hamilton]], and the general name for the series of similar short films it started.<br />
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More than 30 [[Two-reeler|two-reel]] "Shorty" titles were released between 1914 and 1917.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shorty Hamilton Series: Mutual is to Release Two-Reel Comedy Dramas|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 21, 1917}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Recipe for Speed: Monogram Company Director Finds Doubling up on Same Story Is Effective in the Shorty Hamilton Pictures|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 4, 1917}}</ref> All featured Hamilton as the "Shorty" character, a cowboy with a [[Animal training|trained horse]]&mdash;his "remarkably intelligent horse, Beauty."<ref>{{cite news|title="Shorty" Hamilton: New Series of Pictures at Colonial Today|publisher=Fort Wayne News|date=March 22, 1917}}</ref><br />
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The films were initially produced by [[Thomas H. Ince]], many were written by the veteran screenwriter [[C. Gardner Sullivan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Latest Shorty Story: Feature Picture at Bijou Theatre For the Remainder of the Week|publisher=Newport Daily News|date=November 20, 1914}} ("The feature picture at the Bijou Theatre for the remainder of the week is the Broncho two-reel film, 'Shorty and Sherlock Holmes,' the latest release of the well known Shorty stories by C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince.")</ref> The 1915 "Shorty's Ranch" was the last entry from the original producers, and after a year the series was revived by [[Monogram Pictures]] in January 1917. Directors in the series included [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]] and [[Jay Hunt (director)|Jay Hunt]]. Aside from the trained horse, Hamilton's co-stars in the "Shorty" pictures included [[Enid Markey]], [[Betty Burbridge]], and [[Charles Ray (actor)|Charles Ray]].<br />
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The films placed "Shorty" into a series of improbable comic adventures: inheriting a [[harem]], posing as a judge, joining the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]], going to college, and confronting a wide range of characters including [[loan shark]]s, ghosts, and [[moonshine]]rs.<br />
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In March 1917, a newspaper reviewer of the latest "Shorty" film wrote the following about Hamilton:<blockquote>''Shorty Hamilton is a fascinating little chap who makes you want to clasp him by the hand and call him friend. He is a gifted actor who can make you laugh or lift you to the extreme pinnacle of nervous anticipation in the same breath. He never over-does anything and his extreme naturalness is refreshing. 'Shorty in the Tiger's Den,' is with us today and you will shake with laughter as Shorty tries to ride a motorcycle, which proves more uncontrollable to Shorty than a bucking pony.''<ref>{{cite news|title=Shorty Hamilton: He's at the Colonial in "Shorty in the Tiger's Den"|publisher=Fort Wayne News|date=1917-03-29}}</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Episode list ==<br />
[[File:Shorty Goes to College.jpg|thumb|''Shorty Goes to College'' (1917)]]<br />
* ''The Adventures of Shorty'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty's Sacrifice'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty Escapes Marriage'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty's Strategy'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty's Trip to Mexico'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty Gets Into Trouble'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty Turns Judge'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty and the Aridville Terror'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty and the Fortune Teller'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty and Sherlock Holmes'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty Falls Into a Title'' (1914)<br />
* ''Shorty's Adventures in the City'' (1915)<br />
* ''Shorty's Secret'' (1915)<br />
* ''Shorty Among the Cannibals'' (1915)<br />
* ''Shorty's Troubled Sleep'' (1915)<br />
* ''Shorty Turns Actor'' (1915)<br />
* ''Shorty Inherits a Harem'' (1915)<br />
* ''Shorty's Ranch'' (1915)<br />
* ''Shorty and the Yellow Ring'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty in the Tiger's Den'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Goes to College'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Joins the Secret Service'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Turns Wild Man'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Promotes His Love Affair'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Hooks a Loan Shark'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Traps a Lottery King'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Bags the Bullion Thieves'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Trails the Moonshiners'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Lands a Master Crook'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Solves a Wireless Mystery'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Reduces the High Cost of Living'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Lays a Jungle Ghost'' (1917)<br />
* ''Shorty Unearths a Tartar'' (1917)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0404740}}<br />
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{{Scott Sidney}}<br />
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