The Foy Family performs a vaudeville act.The Foy Family performs a vaudeville act.The Foy Family performs a vaudeville act.
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Eddie Foy Jr.
- Self - Member of the Foy Family
- (uncredited)
Charley Foy
- Self - Member of the Foy Family
- (uncredited)
Irving Foy
- Self - Member of the Foy Family
- (uncredited)
Madeline Foy
- Self - Member of the Foy Family
- (uncredited)
Mary Foy
- Self - Member of the Foy Family
- (uncredited)
Richard Foy
- Self - Member of the Foy Family
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Bryan Foy(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaVitaphone production reel #2580.
- Quotes
Charley Foy, Himself: I do, I do want to apologize for Richard Foy. Richard Foy, that's the young man with the ukulele. This really is his first appearance on the stage in four or five years. He's been in college. He's been in college and he's been studying, eh, what do you call these people that study bugs?
Eddie Foy, Jr., Himself: Chamber maids.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
- SoundtracksI Just Roll Along
(uncredited)
Music by Peter De Rose
Lyrics by Jo Trent
Performed by Mary Foy and Madeline Foy (vocals); Richard Foy (guitar)
Featured review
Pretty Bad Short
Chips of the Old Block (1928)
* (out of 4)
The Foy Family was a highly respected group of people inside the entertainment world and they even managed to get a movie done on their life story with James Cagney. CHIPS OF THE OLD BLOCK was the first film I had actually seen them in and I guess the best thing I can say is that watching it was certainly better than having acid poured into my eyes while being kicked in the gut repeatedly. This is a pretty bad movie that features the family standing on a stand doing a couple song and dance numbers as well as a comedy act. Now, I understand that a lot of stage performers struggled when they were brought into a studio and placed in front of a camera and had to perform. Perhaps the family was just having an off day because this thing is pretty bad and thankfully it only lasts 7-minutes or else it would have been pure torture. The dance and singing performances are rather forgettable and the so-called comedy is incredibly weak and annoying.
* (out of 4)
The Foy Family was a highly respected group of people inside the entertainment world and they even managed to get a movie done on their life story with James Cagney. CHIPS OF THE OLD BLOCK was the first film I had actually seen them in and I guess the best thing I can say is that watching it was certainly better than having acid poured into my eyes while being kicked in the gut repeatedly. This is a pretty bad movie that features the family standing on a stand doing a couple song and dance numbers as well as a comedy act. Now, I understand that a lot of stage performers struggled when they were brought into a studio and placed in front of a camera and had to perform. Perhaps the family was just having an off day because this thing is pretty bad and thankfully it only lasts 7-minutes or else it would have been pure torture. The dance and singing performances are rather forgettable and the so-called comedy is incredibly weak and annoying.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Aug 16, 2012
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- Release date
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- Language
- Also known as
- The Foy Family in Chips of the Old Block
- Production company
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- Runtime8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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