The Best Man

19281928
22m

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A bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually shows up, he causes a few problems since he ran through some tar just b... Read allA bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually shows up, he causes a few problems since he ran through some tar just before entering the church. The groom doesn't seem to mind, just as long as the best man br... Read allA bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually shows up, he causes a few problems since he ran through some tar just before entering the church. The groom doesn't seem to mind, just as long as the best man brought the ring, which he did. But as the wedding proceeds, that sticky tar just can't help... Read all

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Alma Bennett, Billy Bevan, and Vernon Dent in The Best Man (1928)

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Billy Bevan

The Best Man

Vernon Dent

The Groom

Alma Bennett

The Bride

Andy Clyde

The Justice of the Peace

Sunshine Hart

The Bride's Mother

Irving Bacon

The Bride's Father

Peggy Gaddis

Minor Role as Carolina Lee

Betty Amann

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Anita Barnes

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Josephine Borio

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Nancy Cornelius

Minor Role
(uncredited)

William Davis

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Madalynne Field

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Gertrude Garrett

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Young Griffo

Minor Role
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Minette Grosse

Minor Role
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Jules Hanft

Wedding Guest
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Pat Harmon

Cop
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Title Card: Their Wedding Reception. Where the guests exchanged dollar presents for two dollars worth of eats.

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Fast Paced and Fun

The Best Man (1928)

*** (out of 4)

Funny two-reeler has a groom (Vernon Dent) and bride (Alma Bennett) waiting at the church to be married but the best man (Billy Bevan) is late getting there. Once he does everyone wishes he had just stayed away as he causes one problem after another and this runs into the reception and the following morning. THE BEST MAN is one of the better Mack Sennett produced shorts I've seen from this era thanks in large part to a pretty wild script and a great cast. The formula is pretty simple as you know Bevan is simply going to show up and ruin everything he touches but I thought there was quite a bit of imagination on display here and especially at the wedding. There were all sorts of accidents that happened but one of the best deals with a missing ring and the bottom of a woman's shoe. Even funnier is that night when Bevan puts his friend to bed, seemingly forgetting that he's now married. Both Bevan and Dent are extremely good in their roles and they really do come across like best friends. Andy Clyde has a small supporting role and Carol Lombard has a very small part if you can catch her. At twenty-minutes the film really goes by pretty quickly because there's just so much going on and at such a fast pace.

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