Two Reelers Comedy Classics

1230. TWO REELERS-COMEDY CLASSICS #9 (1932-1934-USA). PRESENTED HERE ARE A TRIO Of TWO-REEL COMEDIES FROM THE EARLY 1930S. THEY FEATURE, RESPECTIVELY, ONE LONG-FORGOTTEN COMEDIAN WHO, IN HIS HEYÂDAY, FOUND HIMSELF USUALLY CAST AS CRUSTY, RURAL RUBES; A QUARTET Of SILENT SCREEN STARS WHOSE CAREERS WERE THEN ON THE DECLINE; AND, FINALLY, ONE Of THIS CENTURY’S MOST BELOVED COMIC PERFORMERS, IN ONE Of HIS VERY FIRST SCREEN APPEARANCES.
1. A SLIP AT THE SWITCH (1932-USA). WITH CHIC SALE, GEORGE HAY. SALE STARS AS LEM, A DIMWITTED HAYÂSEED EMPLOYED BY A RAILROAD. HE’S ATTEMPTING TO TEACH HIMSELF HOW TO OPERATE A TELEGRAPHÑAND PROMPTLY CONÂFUSES A BIRD PECKING ON A TREE FOR A MESSAGE-SENDER. NEXT, HE HAPLESSLY ASSISTS A PAIR Of DEAF CHECKER PLAYERS, WHO HAPPEN TO BE THE (OWN SHERIFF AND DEPUTY. THE FUN REALLY BEGINS, THOUGH, AFTER HE RELIEVES THE STALLION MASTER AND TANGLES WITH A PAIR Of GREEDY TRAMPS. DIRECTOR MARK SANDRICH, WHO BEGIN HIS CAREER SHOOTING COMEDY SHORTS DURING THE LATE 1920S, WENT ON TO A BRIEF BUT SOLID CAREER MAKING FEATURES-MOST MEMORABLY A SERIES Of FRED ASTAIRE-GINGER ROGERS MUSICALS.
2. NO SLEEP ON THE DEEP (1934-USA). WITH BETTY COMPSON, ROBERT WARWICK, DON ALVARADO, DOROTHY SEBASTIAN. COMPSON WAS ONE Of THE CINEMA’S TOP STARS DURING THE 1920S; WARWICK, A FORMER BROADÂWAY MATINEE IDOL, WAS A ROMANTIC HERO IN FILMS DURING THE LATE TEENS AND EARLY 1920S; ALVARADO WAS ONE Of THE MANY TO ATTAIN STARDOM AS A “LATIN LOVER” IN THE WAKE Of RUDOLPH VALENTINO’S SUCCESS; SEBASTIAN HAD BEEN CAST IN LEADING ROLES FROM THE MID-1920S THROUGH THE FIRST FEW YEARS Of SOUND IN MOVIES. BY THE MID-1930S, ALL WERE PAST THEIR PRIME. THEY APPEAR HERE AS VARIOUS CHARACTERS ABOARD A LUXURY LINER INVOLVED IN A SERIES Of FUNNY SHENANIGANS WITH PHONEY “PRINCE MARTINI” AND HIS DOUBLE (DOES THAT MAKE IT A DOUBLE MARTINI?),
3. GOING SPANISH (1934-USA). WITH BOB HOPE, LEAH RAY. PRODUCED BY AL CHRISTIE. HOPE IS KNOWN THE WORLD OVER AS A FLIM, RADIO AND TELEVISION IMMORTAL. SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE HIS FEATURE FILM DEBUT, HE APPEARED IN A SERIES Of EIGHT COMEDY SHORTS. IN GOING SPANISH, HE FINDS HIMSELF IN A SOUTH AMERICAN HAMLET WHERE INSANITY RULES. DESPITE HIS LACK Of SCREEN EXPERIENCE, THE PATENTED HOPE COMEDY STYLE, RELYING ON QUIPS AND WISECRACKS, IS EVER-PRESENT, EVER FUNNY. 57 MINUTES TOTAL. COMEDY