This is a charming comedy directed by and starring Buster Keaton. T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, and Ruth Dwyer have starring roles as well, but Buster is the main attraction.
Buster and his partner are brokers who have been duped into a scheme and need money fast. It doesn't matter. Suddenly a lawyer turns up and says Buster will inherit $7,000,000 if he's married by 7:00 PM that day. Fortunately, he's in love, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip as my grandmother used to say, and we have about an hour and a half of pratfalls, slapstick, and tricks before Buster finally gets the dough. And the girl. And the dog.
It's a 1925 movie, so some of the bits are racist, and in one scene he rejects a woman because she's Jewish. The movie is a product of its time, which is a dual-edged sword, I'm sorry to say.
The opening scene was shot in Technicolor, and that version is available on Netflix streaming. I understand Jean Arthur, one of my favorite actresses, is the telephone operator, but I did not recognize her.
Buster and his partner are brokers who have been duped into a scheme and need money fast. It doesn't matter. Suddenly a lawyer turns up and says Buster will inherit $7,000,000 if he's married by 7:00 PM that day. Fortunately, he's in love, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip as my grandmother used to say, and we have about an hour and a half of pratfalls, slapstick, and tricks before Buster finally gets the dough. And the girl. And the dog.
It's a 1925 movie, so some of the bits are racist, and in one scene he rejects a woman because she's Jewish. The movie is a product of its time, which is a dual-edged sword, I'm sorry to say.
The opening scene was shot in Technicolor, and that version is available on Netflix streaming. I understand Jean Arthur, one of my favorite actresses, is the telephone operator, but I did not recognize her.