Not the best for Howard...seems more a spectator to some fast-talking sharpies.
Too many aces in deck.
Tom Howard was a Vaudeville comic who only made about a couple dozen films...almost all of which were shorts. I've seen a few and they are a real mixed lot...some ("2 a.m.", and "Acid Test") very good, some others pretty poor ("Static" and "Rain or Shine"). Is "Aces Wild" a good one or bad...or something in between?
The plot to "Aces Wild" is very simple. Tom (Tom Howard) meets an old acquaintance on a train and the guy convinces him to play a friendly game of poker with him and his friends. Tom knows nothing about poker and so the 'friends' make up the rules as they go along.
This is only a fair film for Howard. While the final scene is very funny, you cannot help but think that much more humor could have been generated with such a plot. It also didn't help that Howard's character is very passive and doesn't say or do a lot in this one...he's more just some patsy.
Too many aces in deck.
Tom Howard was a Vaudeville comic who only made about a couple dozen films...almost all of which were shorts. I've seen a few and they are a real mixed lot...some ("2 a.m.", and "Acid Test") very good, some others pretty poor ("Static" and "Rain or Shine"). Is "Aces Wild" a good one or bad...or something in between?
The plot to "Aces Wild" is very simple. Tom (Tom Howard) meets an old acquaintance on a train and the guy convinces him to play a friendly game of poker with him and his friends. Tom knows nothing about poker and so the 'friends' make up the rules as they go along.
This is only a fair film for Howard. While the final scene is very funny, you cannot help but think that much more humor could have been generated with such a plot. It also didn't help that Howard's character is very passive and doesn't say or do a lot in this one...he's more just some patsy.