The Jones Family in Hollywood

But then, I am terrible at spotting familiar faces among the bit players.

When Jed Prouty gets appointed to be the local lodge's representative at a convention in Hollywood, the whole family goes along. There Kenneth Howell falls in love with an actress who's using him to figure out how to play a hick, and June Carlson falls for arrogant star William Tracy, who tries to seduce her with the promise of a screen test.

It's one of the many episodes of THE JONES FAMILY series, 20th Century-Fox's response to MGM's Hardy Family. There are no situations here that haven't been seen many times, but it's performed by the large and professional cast and crew that Fox's B unit could command. It's of interest to fans of silent comedy, not only for the hope of spotting Heinie Conklin among the Legionnaires, but because Buster Keaton has a writing credit here. I believe I spotted three gag sequences he had a hand in. It's not great film making by any means, but it certainly attains its modest goal of filling out an hour entertainingly.