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Crazy to Act

  • 19271927
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 25m
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5.6/10
103
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Crazy to Act (1927)
ComedyShort
Millionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the hero of Bagley's lastest movie. Work on th... Read allMillionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the hero of Bagley's lastest movie. Work on the film starts, and at the preview screening is shown to be disasterous. Ethel then goes aw... Read allMillionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the hero of Bagley's lastest movie. Work on the film starts, and at the preview screening is shown to be disasterous. Ethel then goes away with Arthur, while Gordon runs on a rotating movie set.
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5.6/10
103
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    • Earle Rodney
  • Writers
    • Carl Harbaugh
    • Mildred June
    • Harry McCoy
  • Stars
    • Matty Kemp
    • Mildred June
    • Oliver Hardy
    • Earle Rodney
  • Writers
    • Carl Harbaugh
    • Mildred June
    • Harry McCoy
  • Stars
    • Matty Kemp
    • Mildred June
    • Oliver Hardy
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    Matty Kemp
    Matty Kemp
    • Arthur Young
    Mildred June
    • Ethel St. John
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    • Gordon Bagley
    Sunshine Hart
    Sunshine Hart
    • Mrs. St. John
    Jack Cooper
    • Screen Villain
    Billy Gilbert
    • Projectionist
    • (uncredited)
    Barney Hellum
    • Cameraman
    • (uncredited)
    Thelma Hill
    Thelma Hill
    • The Director's Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Mary Maybery
    • Bathing Beauty
    • (uncredited)
    Dave Morris
    • The Director
    • (uncredited)
    Kathryn Stanley
    Kathryn Stanley
    • Bathing Beauty
    • (uncredited)
    Ronald Tilley
    • St. John's English Butler
    • (uncredited)
      • Earle Rodney
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      • Carl Harbaugh
      • Mildred June
      • Harry McCoy
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    • Trivia
      This is the only film that Oliver Hardy made for Mack Sennett--he was under contract to Hal Roach and Roach loaned him to Sennett for only one picture.
    • Connections
      Spoofs The Perils of Pauline (1914)

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    5/10
    They were Crazy To Act
    This is a lame comedy built around a silent movie being made, within a silent movie. This is not successfully done and has few funny moments in the film. A sub-plot involves Gordon Bagley trying to marry the heroine of the "movie", but she prefers the hero, and the rest is predictable.

    Oliver Hardy made this film to finish his contract with Mack Sennett, so its below average of any of his solo films, but he was the only one in the cast to go onto world-wide stardom.
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      • May 15, 1927 (United States)
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    • 25 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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