Beauty and the Bump (1927)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Craig Hutchinson

Writer:

Craig Hutchinson (writer)

Release Date:

1 November 1927 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Cast

Nita Cavalier	...	Little blonde
Perry Murdock	...	A dizzy rounder
Robert Page	...	Hard Boiled Hank

Directed by
Craig Hutchinson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Craig Hutchinson		writer

Production Companies

• Bray Studios (as Skylark Comedies)

Distributors

• Bray Studios (1927) (USA) (theatrical)

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Bray Studios

Beauty and the Bump was a fitfully amusing silent comedy short

This was another silent comedy short that I watched on the "American Slapstick" DVD. It's produced by the Bray Company which usually is associated with animation. The players are all people I've never heard of and considering it's only fitfully amusing, maybe it's for the best. There are some funny scenes I've haven't seen in movies of this era like when the handsome man throws his ice cream over his shoulder on a ride that goes high, the "villian" gets it in his face and thinks it's birds poop based on the flock he sees above! Or when this handsome man uses the mallet to bring himself up on that thing that goes up to the bell so he can sit on there for a while. There's also one more gag I liked in the beginning when this handsome man, in order to impress this pretty woman, gets out of the door of the high ride forgetting it's still going on with the results of him hanging for dear life! Then there's some female masquerade and some attempts to get a bump (don't ask) that were quite amusing. Despite that, Beauty and the Bump was hardly a memorable short. Still, it's worth a look for any silent buffs out there.