Andy Clyde's final Columbia two-reeler is actually a remake of Charley Chase's THE NIGHTSHIRT BANDIT (1938) and Clyde's own GO CHASE YOURSELF (1948). I honestly think this version is better executed thanks to Felix Adler rewriting the script to keep it simple.
Clyde is a professor at an all-girls college who is hired to track down a thief prowling the campus as The Nightshirt Bandit. In the 1948 version, Clyde is actually the bandit himself, but doesn't know it since he sleepwalks while stealing stuff. In this version, the bandit is played by Joe Palma, who was the only supporting actor still active at Columbia's shorts department, but we do get to see Dudley Dickerson in the new footage as he was pretty much finished with the movie industry around this time. Still it's worth recommending.
Clyde is a professor at an all-girls college who is hired to track down a thief prowling the campus as The Nightshirt Bandit. In the 1948 version, Clyde is actually the bandit himself, but doesn't know it since he sleepwalks while stealing stuff. In this version, the bandit is played by Joe Palma, who was the only supporting actor still active at Columbia's shorts department, but we do get to see Dudley Dickerson in the new footage as he was pretty much finished with the movie industry around this time. Still it's worth recommending.