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...plot which Joseph L. Mankiewicz & Henry Myers wrote for Million Dollar Legs has something to do with the Olympic games. In order to enrich the treasury of Klopstokia, Migg Tweeny, visiting the country in the capacity of brush salesman, decides to take its amazingly able-bodied citizenry to Los Angeles. His plans to win all the events in the Olympics are impeded somewhat by a spy, in league with the cabinet members. She, Mata Machree (Lyda Roberti), makes friends with all the members of the team and causes them to squabble with each other. It looks as if Klopstokia...
Only Saps Work (Paramount). The story of this cinema is said to be taken from a play by Owen Davis. The title is one that Paramount, believing it would come in handy, bought from Courtenay Terrett some time ago. And Joseph Mankiewicz is mentioned in connection with the adaptation. But judging from the picture, which is hilariously funny, none of these authorities had much to do with it. Only Saps Work has been composed, acted and directed strictly "from the cuff" -the sort of picture in which cast, cameramen and executives on location go into a conference after each sequence...