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Speak Easily (1932) -- Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life...
Speak Easily (1932) -- Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life...

Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Laurence E. Johnson (dialogue continuity)
Clarence Budington Kelland (story)
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Release Date:
13 August 1932 (USA) more
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Plot:
Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life... more | full synopsis
User Reviews:
extremely saddening more (14 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Buster Keaton ... Professor Timoleon Zanders Post

Jimmy Durante ... James 'Jimmy' Dodge
Ruth Selwyn ... Pansy Peets
Thelma Todd ... Eleanor Espere
Hedda Hopper ... Mrs. Peets
William Pawley ... Griffo
Sidney Toler ... Stage Director
Lawrence Grant ... Dr. Bolton
Henry Armetta ... Tony
Edward Brophy ... Reno
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Oscar Apfel ... Lawyer's Representative (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow ... Billington (uncredited)
Jack Baxley ... Tom, Sheriff's Deputy (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey ... Jenkins (uncredited)
Jim Farley ... Station Agent (uncredited)
DeWitt Jennings ... Sheriff of Lincoln County (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey ... Process Server (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien ... Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Inez Palange ... Rosa, Tony's wife (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Baggage Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
Edward Sedgwick 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Laurence E. Johnson  dialogue continuity
Clarence Budington Kelland  story
Ralph Spence  dialogue continuity

Produced by
Buster Keaton .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Harold Wenstrom 
 
Film Editing by
William LeVanway 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
 
Other crew
Arthur Appell .... ensembles
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
80 min | USA:82 min (2005 DVD release)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Is part of the Public Domain. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Singin' in the Rain more

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1 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
extremely saddening, 21 November 2003
Author: Kieran Kenney from California

This film really, really depressed me. Not only was it completely unfunny, it did absolutely nothing with it's star Buster Keaton. It was odd to hear his voice, but even stranger to see him not do any of the routine that he's so famous for. Thelma Todd is also dreadfully waisted. She's beautiful, as always, but that's the film's only redeeming quality. And the story was atrocious. I've never seen a film so padded (well, maybe Blue Crush). This one should only be seen so people will see how hard the advent of sound struck film history. If it had come thirty years later, after more work and evolution, films like Speak Easily might never have been made.

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