Clyde Cook (the sailor), Fay Holderness (the wife), Noah Young (the ex-husband), Martha Sleeper (the daughter), Oliver Hardy (the doctor), Sammy Brooks (the doctor's associate), William Gillespie, Helen Gilmore (train passengers), Fay Wray, Jules Mendel, Kathleen Collins, Marjorie Whiteis.
Supervising director: F. RICHARD JONES. Director: JAMES PARROTT. Story: Jess Robbins. Titles: H.M. Walker. Photography: R.H. Weller. Supervising film editor: Jess Robbins. Film editor: Richard C. Currier. Props: Sherbourne Shields. Assistant director: Clarence Hennecke. Producer: Hal Roach.
Copyright 30 December 1925 by Pathé Exchange, Inc. A production of Hal Roach Studios, released through Pathé: 8 November 1925. Two reels. 22 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A diminutive sailor finds himself at the mercy of his wife and her alimony-seeking ex-husband.
COMMENT: Australian comedian Clyde Cook manages to raise a few laughs by stealing a leaf from Harold Lloyd's book in this entertaining Hal Roach short subject. Oliver Hardy has a small but key role.
AVAILABLE on DVD through Alpha. Quality rating: Eight out of ten. Also available in a less perfect version through Brentwood.
Supervising director: F. RICHARD JONES. Director: JAMES PARROTT. Story: Jess Robbins. Titles: H.M. Walker. Photography: R.H. Weller. Supervising film editor: Jess Robbins. Film editor: Richard C. Currier. Props: Sherbourne Shields. Assistant director: Clarence Hennecke. Producer: Hal Roach.
Copyright 30 December 1925 by Pathé Exchange, Inc. A production of Hal Roach Studios, released through Pathé: 8 November 1925. Two reels. 22 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A diminutive sailor finds himself at the mercy of his wife and her alimony-seeking ex-husband.
COMMENT: Australian comedian Clyde Cook manages to raise a few laughs by stealing a leaf from Harold Lloyd's book in this entertaining Hal Roach short subject. Oliver Hardy has a small but key role.
AVAILABLE on DVD through Alpha. Quality rating: Eight out of ten. Also available in a less perfect version through Brentwood.