Dummy ache

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Movie
Original title Dummy ache
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1936
length 18 minutes
Rod
Director Leslie Goodwins
script Leslie Goodwins
Charles E. Roberts
production Lee S. Marcus
for RKO Pictures
cut Edward Mann
occupation

Dummy Ache is a 1936 American comedy short film directed by Leslie Goodwins .

action

Edgar becomes suspicious when his wife Florence behaves suspiciously around the house and sneaks around. He doesn't know that she is rehearsing for a play. A little later he secretly watches a rehearsal. In one scene of the play, Florence and her stage partner George Lewis kill their unloved husband. The “corpse”, in reality just a doll, is hidden in a laundry basket. To protect his wife from being persecuted by the police, Edgar steals the body and laundry basket. While he is walking home with the basket on a main street in his city, the running movement slowly pushes the deceptively real doll's hand through a hole in the basket, which in the end draws all attention to Edgar.

production

Dummy Ache was made as part of one of the "Average Man" short film series about Edgar and Florence, which began in 1931 with Rough House Rhythm . The film was released on July 10, 1936 in US cinemas.

Awards

Dummy Ache was nominated in 1937 for an Oscar in the category " Best Short Film (two film roles) ", but could not prevail against The Public Pays .

literature

  • Leonard Maltin: The Great Movie Shorts . Crown Publishers, New York 1972, p. 105.

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