Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Stout Hearts and Willing Hands |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1931 |
| length | 20 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bryan Foy |
| script |
Albert Austin Walter Weems |
| production | Harry Joe Brown |
| cut | Charles Craft |
| occupation | |
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Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 American short film directed by Bryan Foy . It is one of the director's lost films .
action
The film has not been preserved, but there is an outtake in the UCLA archives. It shows the hero who was tied up on a round saw board by the villain in a sawmill . The running saw slowly approaches his head and threatens to kill him, but the Keystone Kops appear and save the hero.
production
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands was produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood for RKO Pathé Pictures . It was the first two- reel in the Masquers Comedies series, a series of parodic comedies. The film was released on June 15, 1931 and received a copyright notice on the same day. It was Ford Sterling's only film appearance between 1931 and 1935 .
Stout Hearts and Willing Hand was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Short Film - Comedy " in 1932 , but was disqualified shortly before the vote. For him, the RKO film Scratch-As-Catch-Can followed, but it could not prevail against Der grueling Klaviertransport .
Web links
- Stout Hearts and Willing Hands in the Internet Movie Database (English)