Kid Boots (1926)
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Based on the musical comedy of the same name, Kid Boots was the first of two silent vehicles for irrepressible Ziegfeld Follies star Eddie "Banjo Eyes" Cantor. Old "Banjo Eyes" stars as a tailor's assistant named Kid Boots, who tries to save his pal Tom Sterling (Lawrence Gray) from the clutches of gold-digger Polly Pendleton (Billie Dove). Since Tom is a pro golfer, this requires Kid Boots to hire himself out as a caddy, leading to a series of slapstick complications. With the help of Tom's true-blue sweetheart Jane Martin (Clara Bow), our hero incapacitates Tom's golf-tournament rival George (Malcolm Waite) and exposes Polly for the predator that she is. Legend has it that Eddie Cantor had a brief affair with Clara Bow while working on Kid Boots, but this has been refuted by most of Bow's biographers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Eddie Cantor - Kid Boots
- Billie Dove - Polly Pendleton
- Natalie Kingston - Carmen Mendoza
- William Worthington - Polly's Father
- Harry Van Meter - Pollys lawyer
- Clara Bow - Jane Martin
- Lawrence Gray - Tom Sterling
- Malcolm Waite - George Fitch
- Fred Esmelton - Tom's Lawyer
- Director(s):
- Frank Tuttle
- Writer(s):
- Tom Gibson, Luther Reed
- Producer(s):
- B.P. Schulberg
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