Edgar Kennedy: The Slow Burn Reignites

1296. EDGAR KENNEDY: THE SLOW BURN RE-IGNITES! (1937-1947-USA). EDGAR KENNEDY, MASTER Of THE SLOW BURN, BEGAN HIS SCREEN CAREER IN 1914 SUPPORTING CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND OTHER COMEDIANS; THROUGH THE LATE 1940S, HE APPEARED IN HUNDREDS Of FILMS AND FEATURES. KENNEDY IS FONDLY REMEMBERED FOR A SERIES Of FILMS, RELEASED OVER A SEVENTEEN-YEAR PERIOD, IN WHICH HE STARRED AS AN AVERAGE AMERICAN, SOMETIMES HENPECKED BY HIS WIFE OR MOTHER-IN-LAW, WHO HAPLESSLY ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH THE EVERYDAY STRESSES Of MODERN LIFE. HERE IS A TRIO Of HIS FUNNIEST EFFORTS.
1. DUMB’S THE WORD (1937), EDGAR IS INNOCENTLY PLANTING HIS GARDEN WHEN HIS WIFE ASKS HIM TO “GET SOME Of THOSE OLD FRAMES OUT Of THE ATTIC.” THIS SIMPLE REQUEST SETS OfF A SERIES Of COMICAL CATASTROPHES THAT CULMINATE IN THE UTTER-ARID WE MEAN UTTER-DEVASTATION Of HIS PROPERTY.
2. MAD ABOUT MOONSHINE (1941). EDGAR WOULD MUCH RATHER FRITTER AWAY HIS DAYS PLAYING CHECKERS THAN ATTEMPT TO FIND A JOB. HE DECIDES THAT HE MUST SOMEHOW GEL SOME QUICK CASH-AND THINKS HIS DREAMS HAVE BEEN REALIZED WHEN FATHER-IN-TAW BILLY FRANEY INHERITS WHAT HE THINKS IS A LUSH, 640-ACRO SOUTHERN ESTATE.
3. DO OR DIET (1947). KENNEDY IS WORKING AT LAST! IN FACT, HE’S JUST RECEIVED A PROMOTION, AND A 525 RAISE. HIS WIFE IS SWEET ENOUGH, BUT HE KNOWS THAT HIS SNOOTY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND HER LAZY, CRYBABY SON WILL SPEND HIS MONEY BEFORE HE’S EARNED ITÑAND HE’S EVER SO RIGHT. WATCH FOR JASON ROBARDS, SR. IN A SUPPORTING ROLE! 55 MINUTES TOTAL. COMEDY