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The Book Worm (1928)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
This Vitaphone short starts off with Wilbur WInterbottom (Harry Conley) reading in the newspaper about a Wall Street guy who jumped to his death. His friend then suggests it must have been due to a rich woman but Wilbur doesn't agree and only wishes he could run into a vamp and he ends up doing so in Margie Wentworth (Ethel DeVoe). The title refers to Wilbur using a book to get over to the woman's house and for the most part this short works as a curio even though the comedy never really works. What kept me so into the movie was the performance by Conley, which contained all sorts of energy and you could really tell that he was working hard trying to make the material work. When he finally catches up with the woman, the comedy basically turns to them flirting and just messing around with each other. I thought the two of them shared some nice chemistry and they managed to really keep the viewer interested in what was going on even though it wasn't really making you laugh. Fans of these early Vitaphone talkies will want to check this one out but I doubt it will have much appeal to others.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
This Vitaphone short starts off with Wilbur WInterbottom (Harry Conley) reading in the newspaper about a Wall Street guy who jumped to his death. His friend then suggests it must have been due to a rich woman but Wilbur doesn't agree and only wishes he could run into a vamp and he ends up doing so in Margie Wentworth (Ethel DeVoe). The title refers to Wilbur using a book to get over to the woman's house and for the most part this short works as a curio even though the comedy never really works. What kept me so into the movie was the performance by Conley, which contained all sorts of energy and you could really tell that he was working hard trying to make the material work. When he finally catches up with the woman, the comedy basically turns to them flirting and just messing around with each other. I thought the two of them shared some nice chemistry and they managed to really keep the viewer interested in what was going on even though it wasn't really making you laugh. Fans of these early Vitaphone talkies will want to check this one out but I doubt it will have much appeal to others.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Jan 19, 2013
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- Runtime11 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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