Fight Night (1926)

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Directors:

Jefferson Moffitt
Gilbert Pratt

Writers:

Ewart Adamson (story) and
Vernon Smith (story) ...

Release Date:

9 May 1926 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Plot:

While somewhat happily married, Walter Moore's eyes do stray from time to time, especially when Tessie McNab is within his eye-sight range...

Plot Keywords:

Husband | Good Deed | Suspicious Wife | Misunderstanding | Nightclub

Cast

Billy Bevan	...	Walter Moore
Natalie Kingston	...	Tessie McNab
Dave Morris	...	Al Purdy
Janet Royce	...	Violet - Al's Sweetie
Barbara Tennant	...	Mrs. Moore
Andy Clyde
Evelyn Sherman	...	Mother-in-Law

Also Known As:

Fight Nite (USA) (alternative spelling)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Mack Sennett Comedies

Not Super-hooper heterodyned

Mack Sennett was promoting Bevan and Clyde as a screen pair from the period of about 1925-1930 in a total of close to 30 shorts. But although these two are arguably the best actors to come out of Sennett's studio in this period -- Bevan had a pretty good career in the talkies as a second-screen-credited actor and Andy Clyde had a long run at Columbia in their second-longest running shorts series, ending up with a fat role in the TV series THE REAL MCCOYS, they never did the great work they would do later for Sennett, producing many decent, although not outstanding comedies in the standard Sennett mold -- their best-known collaboration is probably SUPER-HOOPER-HETERODYNED LIZZIES, which is best known for its special effects and Capra's hand in the writing.

But the two of them shifted character too much to establish any real chemistry. Here, they're in the standard 'boys want to go out and the wives don't' formula. All very nicely done, but nothing special.