Even The Old People Act Like Theater Kids

When the inexplicably prized ceramic unicorn from Malta is discovered, smashed, suspicion falls on Joohn Nevitt. He denies it, but he's such an awful liar that no one believes him. So he hires singing dancing detective Bill Drew who accuses everyone, including the pet canary of smashing the objet d'arte.

There's lots of dancing with jazz hands from all concerned, which makes me think of amateur productions in which high school students write their own songs. Actually, it's far more entertaining than that, with lots of puns, misunderstandings, and chorus lines , rendering it an extremely silly short film.

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A boy known to fib is accused of breaking his parents' prized Maltese Unicorn. He enlists the help of a kooky detective who is obsessed with Sherlock Holmes to determine who has framed him for the dastardly deed.

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