William Collier Jr. as the lady's man (Jack Hackett) in this flick, but Joe E. Brown's character (Ossie Simpson) got the most alluring girl, little Marjorie White as Penny Packer. I cannot go beyond that without giving a spoiler, but the movie is shallow on plot.
It's a sort of vacation-esquire film, with Collier and Brown heading across country to get Collier away from gambling, booze, and women. It doesn't work out. He falls in love. The fiancée he left in New York, played by Margaret Livingstone, should have been given a chance to be interesting, but the script writers didn't have it in 'em.
Brown's character begins the film dressed as a baby and winds up being chased through a hotel by Bela Lugosi, so if you want madcap, it's here. Talking pictures were in their infancy, and this one could have made it as a silent, but it was great to see Thelma Todd playing it effortlessly. (I felt that Zasu Pitts should have been there.) Bela Lugosi is scary. No surprise.
It was a cute, little vehicle for someone, perhaps Brown. I'm not sure.
It's a sort of vacation-esquire film, with Collier and Brown heading across country to get Collier away from gambling, booze, and women. It doesn't work out. He falls in love. The fiancée he left in New York, played by Margaret Livingstone, should have been given a chance to be interesting, but the script writers didn't have it in 'em.
Brown's character begins the film dressed as a baby and winds up being chased through a hotel by Bela Lugosi, so if you want madcap, it's here. Talking pictures were in their infancy, and this one could have made it as a silent, but it was great to see Thelma Todd playing it effortlessly. (I felt that Zasu Pitts should have been there.) Bela Lugosi is scary. No surprise.
It was a cute, little vehicle for someone, perhaps Brown. I'm not sure.