The Undie-World

When George Stevens moved from Roach to RKO, he spent a couple of years in the shorts department where one of his assignments was 'The Blonde and the Redhead' series, which starred June Brewster and Carole Tevis, based on Roach's 'Girfriends' series, but with much more lingerie in evidence.

In this good entry in the series, gangster Big Boy Williams tries to impress the girls by convincing them he is a great violinist -- hiring series regular Grady Sutton and his Stradivarius. Of course there are the usual misunderstanding, and of course Grady gets into a tiff with movie plug-ugly Dewey Robinson. Also, keep an eye out for Will Stanton, a fine 'drunk' comic of the period who worked quite a bit as part of Raoul Walsh's acting troupe at Fox in this period.

While the series was never great, this is amusing enough to keep you interested -- and it's always worthwhile to watch George Stevens' evolution as a director.

This is a very strange but enjoyable comedy short from RKO. While the comedy team of June Brewster and Carol Tevis are listed in the leads, the film's star really is Grady Sutton.

The film begins with a ganster (Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams) inviting a violinist (Grady Sutton) to his apartment. He wants to pay the musician to play his violin behind the wall while he pretends to play it--in order to impress some girls (Brewster and Tevis). But something unexpected happens...they fall for the wimpy violinist. In fact, they insist that this mousey guy come along with them on a date...a date to a hangout where all the gangsters like to go. There all sorts of crazy stuff happens. I'd say more, but don't want to spoil it.

Seeing folks think Grady is a killer is pretty funny, as his persona was quite the opposite and he'd be the last guy you'd expect to be a gunman! Plenty of laughs and a truly unusual short comedy.