Word: slapstickers
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...love one another. It is amusing in a rather mild way, but it does not have the robust humor of "It Happened One Night." Each of the pictures in the cycle that has followed the latter triumph has been less light, and more dependent on tenuous plots and slapstick humor. However, the two stars, with the assistance of Robert Young, make all they can of the material with which they have to deal, and persuade the spectators that they are whiling away pleasant hours...
With the dazzling candor of exalted birth he has said, "I prefer brawn to brains." He honestly thinks brainy people queer, commands ten languages, likes dancing, tennis, shooting, prizefights, the circus, slapstick at the Palladium and ginger ale with his meals. Untroubled by minor inconsistencies, he is a Mason, Greek Orthodox and divorced-all in good standing. Until last week he has been rather careful with his fortune of $100,000. Then at one clip Kingmaker Kondylis sent him $200,000 in advance expense money for his triumphal return to Athens, and at once there was trouble. Seemingly the Greek...
...honor and wealth of the household, Kearns takes on a strong plug-ugly backed by the nefarious husband, and finally manages to clout him into a somnabulistic state when the other fighter was not looking. Except for occasional lapses, "Two Fisted" is uniformly funny, with crackling dialogue, and good slapstick. Should one like an impossible, ridiculous bit of fluff, this is the movie to see, but by all means time the arrival so that "Dance Band" will not have to be endured...
Eagle's troubles took on the quality of slapstick when at the same time Eagle workmen in the State of Veracruz presented the greediest set of labor demands in world history. Plainly hatched in the baroque imagination of some Mexico City politician, they threatened a strike unless Eagle gave its workers: 1) a 25% cut of the profits; 2) a workers' polo field and a stable of polo ponies; 3) an 18-hole golf course; 4) a swimming pool and complete athletic equipment; 5) a technical school; 6) a share in the management; 7) annual free round-trips...
Carl Anderson's Henry quickly became a weekly feature in the Satevepost.
Rendered in pantomime without benefit of caption, his escapades were
masterpieces of reticence. Inquisitive, ubiquitous, fearless, Henry
nearly always remained master of the situation, practically never
resorted to slapstick. Typical Henrys: