Brooklyn Orchid (1942)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Kurt Neumann

Writers:

Clarence Marks (screenplay)
Earle Snell (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 January 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Never Hide A Blonde Bombshell Inside A Wall...It Just Isn't Safe!

Plot:

Taxicab company owners Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett rescue Lucy Gibbs from a suicide attempt and she...

Plot Keywords:

Brooklyn | Remake | Beautiful Woman | Flower In Title | Place Name In Title

Cast

William Bendix	...	Timothy 'Tim' McGuerin
Joe Sawyer	...	Eddie Corbett
Marjorie Woodworth	...	Lucy Gibbs aka The Brooklyn Orchid
Grace Bradley	...	Sadie McGuerin
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher	...	Tommy Lyman Goodweek (as Skeets Gallagher)
Florine McKinney	...	Mabel Cooney
Leonid Kinskey	...	Ignatz Rachkowsky
Rex Evans	...	Sterling, McGuerin's Butler
Jack Norton	...	Jonathan McFeeder

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #8003)

Company:

Hal Roach Studios

Movie Connections:

Remake of Come Clean (1931)

Poorish

This surprisingly primitive 'streamliner' comedy from the Roach Studios -- with the collapse of the comedy short subject market in the mid-thirties, Hal Roach decided to go into feature production, first with films like the TOPPER series and later with second features that timed in at less than an hour -- contains all the standard cheap comedy motifs, including a Murphy Bed -- and runs through them in a rather mechanical fashion as made-it-from-scratch taxi fleet owners William Bendix and Joe Sawyer get tangled up with a girl who tries to kill herself and declares herself their responsibility. The dialogue direction limps and although there are some good gags in the opening scenes, including a music-hating music critic and Jack Norton playing his usual fine comic drunk, there isn't that much in the way of laughs to recommend this piece.