Joel McCrea does a solid job as a stage company detective seeking to uncover the crook(s) responsible for recent holdups. To accomplish his goal, he goes to work for the local sheriff (Addison Richards) as deputy. Velvet Clark (Mark Stevens), the man responsible for the crimes, proves to be a ruthless killer, and though the …
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (UA, 1928)
Buster Keaton at the height of his powers as a physical comedian delivers the goods in Steamboat Bill, Jr., the story of a soft young man from the East joining his rough but good-natured riverboat captain father (Ernest Torrence) and trying to make good. The comedy is terrific, both in understated ways — in his …
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The Kid from Spain (Goldwyn / UA, 1932)
College student Eddie (Eddie Cantor) and his buddy Ricardo (Robert Young) are booted out of college just before graduation because of a prank. When Eddie innocently becomes involved in a bank holdup, the crooks force him to leave the country and go to Mexico, Ricardo’s homeland, and, to try to put a clever detective off …
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