Clunked on the Corner

Johnny Burke is doing his Harry Langdon naif imitation for this late Sennett silent as a newsboy who thinks it would be a fine thing to catch crook Vernon Dent and pick up a nice reward thereby. But while he's standing around blankly, some stolen pearls are planted in his pocket. The usual mischief ensues.

Sennett was preparing to go into sound -- and color! -- production, but in the meantime he still had to meet his releasing schedule, and the late silent Sennetts are pretty good -- rarely great, but certainly consistently amusing, with a practiced crew in front of and behind the camera. Burke may be the lead, but it's Sennett regular Vernon Dent who has the best role.