Hal Leroy stars in this dancing burlesque of THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, with June Allyson as the lovely princess. Leroy really lets loose with a fine tap number about thirteen minutes into this short, and he and Eddie Foy Jr. Manage a new way to duel with sabers.
This was the year after Selznick had released his screen version of ZENDA with Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. In what was arguably his best screen role, so Roy Mack figured he could use Leroy's occasional, expensive short subject to spoof it. He was right, mostly because Leroy was one of those guys who always looked like he was a teenager until suddenly he was old. Wearing a beard and mustache in this movie, he looks like it's dirt that's gotten onto his face.
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