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Zeb, Zack and the Zulus (1913)
Short | Comedy, Short

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Zeb, Zack and the Zulus (1913)

Short | Comedy, Short

Zebidiah Jackson and Zachariah Johnson, two colored missionaries, who have been sent out by the African Mission Society, arrive at the African port and start for the interior. They sit down to rest when some Zulus happen to see them. The ...See moreZebidiah Jackson and Zachariah Johnson, two colored missionaries, who have been sent out by the African Mission Society, arrive at the African port and start for the interior. They sit down to rest when some Zulus happen to see them. The Zulus chase Zeb and Zack, capture them, and drag them by the feet to the king. The king decides to eat them, but as one is not quite fat enough, they are to be held for a few days. The king appropriates the coats and hats of the two and is quite taken with a pair of specs belonging to one of the unfortunates. While he is trying to decipher what they are, the missionaries make a bolt for liberty. They are, however, recaptured and put in a cage and guarded by several Zulus. Having some tobacco, and wanting to soothe their nerves, they decide to take a chew. While they are so doing, the guards see them, and thinking that the tobacco is something good to eat, they take it away from Zeb and Zack and eat it. Naturally they get terribly sick. A Zulu, who, happening to pass the cage and seeing the condition of the guards, rushes to the king's hut and bursts in while he is in conference with the counselors. After the Zulu tells his story the counselors decide that the two men are evil spirits and should be rid of. The medicine man is informed and all the tribe is assembled at the incantation. When this ceremony is over they march off to get the missionaries. When they arrive at the cage they are astonished to find that Zeb and Zack have charmed the guards who were placed on duty to replace the sick ones, and have persuaded them to let them out of the cage. This was accomplished by singing the popular song, "Everybody's Doing It," and dancing the trot. When the king and the tribesmen arrive on the scene they are at first inclined to be angry, but the harmonious singing of the missionaries, accompanied with the peculiar movement of the body performed by Zeb and Zack, has the same effect on all, and the two captives lead the Zulus on a joyful dance through the village. While the Zulus are all engaged in the song and dance, Zeb and Zack make their escape to the beach, where a yawl from a ship lying out at sea has been put in for water. They tell the sailors of their plight and the good-hearted seamen take them in the boat and all hurriedly pull out, glad to escape with their lives. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Anthony Byrd Missionary Zebediah Jackson Missionary Zebediah Jackson See fewer	A Successful Adventure (1918)
Joseph Outen Missionary Zachariah Johnson Missionary Zachariah Johnson See fewer	Rastus Among the Zulus (1913)
John Edwards Zulu King Zulu King See fewer	He Said He Could Act (1914)
Mattie Edwards Zulu Queen Zulu Queen See fewer	Within Our Gates (1920)
Minnie Johnson Zulu Princess Zulu Princess See fewer	Zeb, Zack and the Zulus (1913)

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