It takes 39 minutes for someone to shoot James Kirkwood, three minutes for him to die, and seven minutes to clear up the question of whodunnit.
Kirkwood deserved it. He's a rich rotter who throws over longtime lover Josephine Dunn to marry actress Linda Watkins. They go on a honeymoon in Florida, where he renews the affair, mistreats his wife, and gets threatened by Reed Howes. Meanwhile, back in New York, Molly O'Day -- another of his women -- tells Jack Chapin to leave him alone.
It's short, it's awful, and it's one of three movies made at Sun Haven Studios on Weedon Island, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Today it's part of a nature preserve. That, and an appearance by silent comedy favorite Ford Sterling as part of the society folks hanging around, are the only things of interest about the movie.
It's directed by George Melford, During the silent days, he was a great stylist, but in the changeover to sound, he lost his way; the last thing he directed that was first rate was the Spanish-language version of DRACULA. He directed four more movies over the next thirteen years, but appeared in more than a hundred movies, almost invariably in uncredited roles. He died in 1961 at the age of 84.
Kirkwood deserved it. He's a rich rotter who throws over longtime lover Josephine Dunn to marry actress Linda Watkins. They go on a honeymoon in Florida, where he renews the affair, mistreats his wife, and gets threatened by Reed Howes. Meanwhile, back in New York, Molly O'Day -- another of his women -- tells Jack Chapin to leave him alone.
It's short, it's awful, and it's one of three movies made at Sun Haven Studios on Weedon Island, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Today it's part of a nature preserve. That, and an appearance by silent comedy favorite Ford Sterling as part of the society folks hanging around, are the only things of interest about the movie.
It's directed by George Melford, During the silent days, he was a great stylist, but in the changeover to sound, he lost his way; the last thing he directed that was first rate was the Spanish-language version of DRACULA. He directed four more movies over the next thirteen years, but appeared in more than a hundred movies, almost invariably in uncredited roles. He died in 1961 at the age of 84.