Word: binney
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sweet Little Devil. Below this strained and curiously uninviting title lies a moderately momentous musical comedy with Constance Binney. Miss Binney is a handy heroine to have around any musical comedy and she has been unaccountably neglected since she was let loose by Comstock and Gest in Oh, Lady, Lady of glorious memory. If memory serves, Miss Binney left the comparatively secure precincts of Philadelphia society to become a dancer. After demonstrating her competence as noted above, she took a dip in drama 'with 39 East and has since been distributing her efforts in celluloid form, canned...
...Miss Binney plays the simplicity foil to the merry-merry Follies chorus girl. Somebody is trying to marry them both ?not the same somebody, you understand. After that a lot of the usual musical comedy things happen. One forgets which...
...York World: "Miss Binney is a god-send...
...regrettable fact that Miss Binney cannot sing. There are several notable songs, including "Virginia", "The Jijibo", and "Be the Life of the Crowd", of which the best, "Virginia", is given by Miss Binney and the chorus, which does sing pretty well. This chorus, incidentally has more good-looking members than we recollect seeing gathered together before, making the beauty standard of the show very high indeed. The superlative dancing of Warren and Wayne has been mentioned; they are also experienced comedians and supply much of the fun, with the valuable aid of Mr. Gleason. There are several novel scenes...
Through it all, Miss Binney is her graceful, appealing self, making the most of her comedy parts, and captivating everybody but the insensible hero. She is always a little apart from the slightly crude Warren and Wayne, and the maudlin Gleason; she remains firmly ensconced as the "Perfect Lady...