Bobby Vernon performs some of his most daring work in this very rare Educational comedy. Taking a cue from Harold Lloyd, Vernon finds himself accidentally hanging out a window ledge near the top of a tall building. A new twist on a classic Lloyd comedy, the outdoor sequences are filmed very much in the style of the 1923 classic comedy, "Safety Last". Perfect camera angles and actual filming high above downtown Los Angeles give audiences the same feeling that Harold Lloyd gave them three years earlier.
The sky high sequences were filmed on Broadway with the camera facing the old Western Costumes building; the same building Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy used for their one thrill comedy, "Liberty" released in 1929. You can clearly see the top section of the structure Laurel & Hardy used for their film in this picture. It would be a great double bill to show "Page Me" followed by "Liberty".
Bobby Vernon is very funny here and his "indoor" sequences are filled with great comic timing. Hank Mann can be seen in this picture as well as William Irving, who would work at the Hal Roach Studios. Bobby's leading lady is Francis Lee. She was Charley Chase's leading lady in his 1932 comedy, "The Tabasco Kid". Forgotten today, this actress, who stood at only five feet tall, is as lovely as any girl next door has a right to be. She made fifty films in only eleven years (1924-1935) and lived to be age 94 spending her last years in Cardiff-by-the Sea in Southern California.
Page Me is a highlight in the career of Bobby Vernon and would continue to delight audiences today if it were only readily available. There are a few prints out there in the world (I am one of the fortunate holders of one of them) but the sad fact is that so many of the Christie comedies are gone forever or they have been truncated and badly duplicated to a shadow of their former self. Happily, the version I have archived is reasonably complete and was struck from the original 35mm material so it is a visual joy to behold.
Hang on fans, there is hope that more of these films will resurface and be restored. Perhaps one day, these comedies will gain new fans. Vernon made over one hundred shorts for Al Christie. Jimmie Adams, Jack Duffy, Anne Cornwall to name a few, made many films with Christie as well. Not all of them survive but what does shows modern audiences that the shorts are very entertaining. In the case of Bobby Vernon, who died too young at the age of forty two, he was a pleasing performer that could hold his own with the top comics of his time and some day he may regain his rightful place in screen history.
The sky high sequences were filmed on Broadway with the camera facing the old Western Costumes building; the same building Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy used for their one thrill comedy, "Liberty" released in 1929. You can clearly see the top section of the structure Laurel & Hardy used for their film in this picture. It would be a great double bill to show "Page Me" followed by "Liberty".
Bobby Vernon is very funny here and his "indoor" sequences are filled with great comic timing. Hank Mann can be seen in this picture as well as William Irving, who would work at the Hal Roach Studios. Bobby's leading lady is Francis Lee. She was Charley Chase's leading lady in his 1932 comedy, "The Tabasco Kid". Forgotten today, this actress, who stood at only five feet tall, is as lovely as any girl next door has a right to be. She made fifty films in only eleven years (1924-1935) and lived to be age 94 spending her last years in Cardiff-by-the Sea in Southern California.
Page Me is a highlight in the career of Bobby Vernon and would continue to delight audiences today if it were only readily available. There are a few prints out there in the world (I am one of the fortunate holders of one of them) but the sad fact is that so many of the Christie comedies are gone forever or they have been truncated and badly duplicated to a shadow of their former self. Happily, the version I have archived is reasonably complete and was struck from the original 35mm material so it is a visual joy to behold.
Hang on fans, there is hope that more of these films will resurface and be restored. Perhaps one day, these comedies will gain new fans. Vernon made over one hundred shorts for Al Christie. Jimmie Adams, Jack Duffy, Anne Cornwall to name a few, made many films with Christie as well. Not all of them survive but what does shows modern audiences that the shorts are very entertaining. In the case of Bobby Vernon, who died too young at the age of forty two, he was a pleasing performer that could hold his own with the top comics of his time and some day he may regain his rightful place in screen history.
