Ernie Wood Movies
- 1926
Pint-sized slapstick comedian Monty Banks stars as Monty Milde, who gets mixed up with dumb detectives and brutal bootleggers while stopping over at a big-city hotel. Halfway through the film, the plot is cast to the winds in favor of one of those outsized chase sequences so common to Banks' vehicles. This time around, our hero finds himself dangling from a ladder, which itself is resting in the back seat of a driverless roadster. The subsequent serpentine race along a treacherous mountain road was done without the benefit of process screens or trick photography, expertly combining bellylaughs with hair-raising thrills. According to many sources, Stan Laurel plays an uncredited role as an elevator operator in Atta Boy, but Laurel and Hardy scholars remain unconvinced. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Monty Banks, Mary Carr, (more)
- 1928
Broadway chorus girl Peggy Lane (Bebe Daniels) is in love with stage-door-johnnie David North (Neil Hamilton). Vampish Derelys Devore (Lilyan Tashman), the obnoxious star of the show in which Peggy is appearing, tries to come between the adoring couple. When all else fails, Peggy is forced to put an end to Derelys' machinations with her fists. Sporting a spectacular black eye, Derelys refuses to go on stage, whereupon Peggy subs for the "incapacitated" star and scores a bit hit. Director Marshall Neilan, a marked man in Hollywood thanks to such wisecracks as "An empty car pulled up and Louise B. Mayer got out," helmed Take Me Home just before his professional decline began. The film's titles were written by Herman Mankiewicz. Comedian Joe E. Brown, never too lucky in his silent-film appearances, was again wasted in a minor role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bebe Daniels, Neil Hamilton, (more)
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