Fractured Flickers announcer extolling the virtues of the item being advertised, accompanied by darkly humorous clips. A fly-by-night real estate development, for example, was illustrated with clips of buildings being destroyed by a cyclone (from "Steamboat Bill, Jr." with Buster Keaton). And "This moment of softness (explosions, wild parties, etc.) has been brought to you by Bee. Bee, the only tissue woven in mid-air by bees!" Regular features were the "Minute Mysteries", featuring Stan Laurel as master detective Sherman Oaks (his scenes "fractured" from his 1925 short comedy, "Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde"), and the weekly "tributes" to some American city. Each
Tay Garnett Pyckle and Mr. Pryde" (1925) with Laurel, "No Sleep on the Deep" (1925), "Three Wise Goofs", "Salute" (1925), "On the Links" (1925), "Who's Your Friend" (1925), "The Funnymooners" (1926), "Puppy Lovetime" (1926), "Smith's Visitor" (1926) and "A Beauty Parlor" (1926). Garnett wrote the feature "That's My Baby" (1926) for William Beaudine at Paramount; "Up in Mabel's Room" (1926), adapting a stage farce, with Marie Provost; "The Strong Man" (1926), starring Harry Langdon and directed by Frank Capra, his first feature as director; and "There You Are!" (1926), with Conrad Nagel. Garnett wrote two films produced by Cecil B. De Mille: