Ford Sterling in the Sound Era: 4 Rare Shorts
Ford Sterling in the Sound Era: 4 Rare Shorts
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Trouble From Abroad (1931): A pair of World War I veterans attend a reunion of their regiment with their wives. They'll have some explaining to do when the French chorus girl who'd been a hit with all the GIs crashes the party. Director Mark Sandrich would later become renowned for his work with Fred Astaire, including The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), and Holiday Inn (1942). Also featuring funnymen Lucien Littlefield and James Finlayson.
Come To Papa (1931): A humble tailor creates a new kind of stretchable lingerie. After a chorus girl steals the prototype, its inventor has to go backstage at a burlesque show to find it. He gets a lot more than an eyeful when the police think he's a peeping tom! The chorus girl in question, Eleanor Hunt, starred opposite John Wayne in Blue Steel (1934) and later married Western star Rex Lease. Silent comedian 'Snub' Pollard also appears.
A Returned Engagement (1935): A stuck-up couple are in a snit when they find out their son is engaged to a manicurist. But father turns out to have a skeleton in the closet himself when an old girlfriend shows up. Sterling's former flame in this film is played by Kitty McHugh, who will be familiar to Three Stooges fans from her appearances in Listen, Judge and Gents in a Jam (both 1952).
Many Unhappy Returns (1937): Ford goes shopping for his demanding wife, who collects expensive French dolls. But when he meets a pretty blonde at the department store, he ends up bringing more than one doll home. Decades later, female foil Barbara Pepper would become instantly recognizable to TV viewers as Doris Ziffel, owner of Arnold the Pig on Green Acres (1965-1968). Hal Roach contract player Eddie Dunn plays Ford's male secretary.
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