Doubling for Romeo (1921)
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It is said that every actor wants to play Shakespeare. Will Rogers would seem a likely exception to that rule, but here he is in this silent, taking a stab (albeit comic) at Romeo. Slim (Rogers), of course, begins as a cowpuncher but his boss switches from cattle to sheep, throwing him out of work. In addition his sweetheart, Lulu (Sylvia Breamer), says he should learn to be a real lover, like Douglas Fairbanks. So Slim decides to go work in motion pictures to discover how film folk make love. After he doubles for villains and heroes alike, Lulu changes her mind -- now she thinks Romeo and Juliet is the yardstick by which all lovers should be measured. So Slim obligingly gets his hands on a copy of the play and tries to read it. Naturally he falls asleep, but he dreams the story with himself and his girl in the title roles. When he awakes, however, he throws all technique out the window, grabs Lulu away from his rival (Raymond Hatton) and drags her off to the preache r. His show of force is what she wanted after all and the film ends happily. This was the final picture of Rogers' contract with the Goldwyn Studios. ~ Janiss Garza, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Will Rogers - Sam Cody
- Raymond Hatton - Steve Woods/Paris
- John Cossar - Foster/Capulet
- Cordelia Callahan - Maggie/Maid
- William Orlamond - Movie Director
- Sidney Ainsworth - Mercutio
- Sylvia Breamer - Lulu/Juliet
- Al Hart - Big Alec/Tybalt
- C.E. Thurston - Duffy Saunders/Benvolio
- Roland Rushton - Minister/Friar
- Virginia Brown Faire
- Jimmy Rogers - Jimmie Jones
- Director(s):
- Clarence G. Badger
- Writer(s):
- Bernard McConville, Elmer Rice
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