But then, I am terrible at spotting familiar faces among the bit players.
When Jed Prouty gets appointed to be the local lodge's representative at a convention in Hollywood, the whole family goes along. There Kenneth Howell falls in love with an actress who's using him to figure out how to play a hick, and June Carlson falls for arrogant star William Tracy, who tries to seduce her with the promise of a screen test.
It's one of the many episodes of THE JONES FAMILY series, 20th Century-Fox's response to MGM's Hardy Family. There are no situations here that haven't been seen many times, but it's performed by the large and professional cast and crew that Fox's B unit could command. It's of interest to fans of silent comedy, not only for the hope of spotting Heinie Conklin among the Legionnaires, but because Buster Keaton has a writing credit here. I believe I spotted three gag sequences he had a hand in. It's not great film making by any means, but it certainly attains its modest goal of filling out an hour entertainingly.
When Jed Prouty gets appointed to be the local lodge's representative at a convention in Hollywood, the whole family goes along. There Kenneth Howell falls in love with an actress who's using him to figure out how to play a hick, and June Carlson falls for arrogant star William Tracy, who tries to seduce her with the promise of a screen test.
It's one of the many episodes of THE JONES FAMILY series, 20th Century-Fox's response to MGM's Hardy Family. There are no situations here that haven't been seen many times, but it's performed by the large and professional cast and crew that Fox's B unit could command. It's of interest to fans of silent comedy, not only for the hope of spotting Heinie Conklin among the Legionnaires, but because Buster Keaton has a writing credit here. I believe I spotted three gag sequences he had a hand in. It's not great film making by any means, but it certainly attains its modest goal of filling out an hour entertainingly.