Here Comes Mr. Zerk

Eminent scientist Harry Langdon -- that's what it says here, so don't blame me -- is to marry Shirley Patterson. His picture appears in the newspaper, right next to escaped lunatic John T. Murray, with the captioned reversed. Now everyone thinks Harry is a lunatic and so forth.

For a short comedy directed by Jules White, it's not too bad, what with a large assortment of skilled comic actors -- including Heinie Conklin, Vernon Dent, Fred Kelsey, and Hank Mann showing up for small bits. White had an excessively grotesque sense of humor, and he seemed unable to use any comic in a manner that suited his or her unique abilities; the same loud, violent gags every time -- but at least he kept some of the old-timers working.