Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective.Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective.Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective.
Leora Thatcher
- Mother-in-Law
- (as Leora Thacher)
Georgie Billings
- Bully Child at Soda Fountain
- (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
Polly Chase
- Girl
- (uncredited)
John Ince
- Police Commissioner Jim
- (uncredited)
Sidney Kibrick
- Second Boy at Soda Fountain
- (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
William McCall
- Streetcar Passenger
- (uncredited)
Iris Meredith
- Girl
- (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
- Streetcar Passenger
- (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
- Onlooker
- (uncredited)
Carol Tevis
- Drugstore Counter Girl
- (uncredited)
Al Thompson
- Gangster
- (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
- Driver
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- ConnectionsRemade as The Awful Sleuth (1951)
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One of Charley's best Columbia Shorts
Fans of the Hal Roach Charley Chase shorts will be pleased to see this, his fifth release for Columbia Pictures. As a drugstore soda jerk, Charley immediately warms up to the audience with his gentle good humor and expertise behind the fountain. His sequence with the two boys who argue over the flavor of which soda they will share is a lovely and nostalgic one. The role of the bully kid who wins the right to his flavor of choice via a sock to the eye of his counterpart is played by Georgie Billings. A constant in many films of the thirties, he vanished from the scene sometime around 1950. Billings was recently discovered and introduced to many fans on October 18th. 2008 in Los Angeles. He brought many pieces of memorabilia with him and recalled working with Charley Chase to me. In a moment, I told him of the name of the film and the scene he played in. His confirmation reaction when I told him of the two straws routine he did with one of the Kilbrick boys was fabulous. The fact that all twenty Chase Columbia shorts are being released in 2009 was a joy for him as he wants to see the film and finally show it to his wife. This film is a rare one as Charley gets to sing one of his original songs. A common sequence in his Hal Roach films, the Columbia shorts didn't give him this liberty. However, he gets to sing as he plays several instruments at one time. Attached all over his body, Charley sings and plays about being a daring drugstore desperado. Released in Super 8 in the 1970's , there were some prints in 16mm that played on television. With the DVD release, everyone can see the entire output and that's reason to celebrate.
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- Stan16mm
- Oct 19, 2008
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- Don't Look Now
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- Runtime20 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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